COVID-19 Update: Medicaid Waiver Application April 14, 2020 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—In addition to previous emergency measures taken by the Ohio Department of Medicaid to help increase access to healthcare for millions of Ohioans, Governor DeWine announced today that his administration is submitting its first waiver application to the federal government, known as 1135 or Appendix K, [...]
COVID-19 Update: Prison Update April 13, 2020 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Governor DeWine has authorized members of the Ohio National Guard to support Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) medical staff at the Pickaway Correctional Institution. The prison currently has more than a dozen members of its medical team out sick due to COVID-19. Among [...]
COVID-19 Update:Rapid Testing April 13, 2020 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Governor DeWine cautioned companies in Ohio that are purchasing rapid antibody tests to ensure that they are purchasing tests that are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “Antibody testing is one piece to the puzzle on determining when employees can return to work, but [...]
COVID-19 Update: TANF Funding To Ohio Foodbanks April 13, 2020 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Today, Lt. Governor Husted highlighted an executive order, signed by Governor DeWine on Friday, that provides nearly $5 million in emergency funding from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant to support Ohio’s 12 Feeding America foodbanks and the statewide [...]
COVID-19 Update: Liquor Sales April 13, 2020 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—On March 16, 2020, the State of Pennsylvania closed its state-owned liquor stores in an attempt to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. In addition, multiple border counties in West Virginia have relatively recently prohibited sales of liquor to persons who do not have West Virginia [...]
COVID-19 Update: Nursing Home Order April 13, 2020 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Governor DeWine announced today that the Ohio Department of Health issued an order requiring long-term care facilities to notify residents and families within 24 hours of a resident or staff member testing positive for COVID-19. "The Ohio Department of Health had been strongly encouraging facilities [...]
COVID-19 Update: New Cases Surveillance Data April 10, 2020 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—As Ohio reports data moving forward, there will be new data categories for total COVID-19 cases and total COVID-19 fatalities: Confirmed Cases and Confirmed Deaths: Data calculated through laboratory tests. This data is consistent with Ohio’s previous data reporting. CDC Expanded Case Definition [...]
COVID-19 Update: Food Trucks at Rest Areas April 10, 2020 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Governor DeWine announced a new permit from the Ohio Department of Transportation will allow food vendors to sell food to truck drivers and other essential personnel who stop at any of the state’s 86 rest areas. The permit is of no cost to [...]
COVID-19 Update: Distillery-Made Hand Sanitizer April 10, 2020 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Many Ohio distilleries have stepped up and are now are producing large quantities of hand sanitizer. JobsOhio has purchased more than 3,100 cases (more than 1 million ounces) of distillery-made sanitizer. JobsOhio will donate the hand sanitizer to the Ohio Association of Foodbanks. Shipments of the [...]
COVID-19 Update: New Company Sterilizing N95 Masks April 10, 2020 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Lt. Governor Jon Husted announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted STERIS Healthcare in Mentor a temporary Emergency Use Authorization for decontaminating compatible N95 and N95-equivalent respirators. More information is available at steris.com/covid-19. All of Ohio’s COVID-19 data can [...]
