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 [...]
COVID-19 Update: Eased Medicaid Restrictions April 10, 2020 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Governor DeWine announced that Medicaid, the managed care plans, and MyCare Ohio plans have come together to remove barriers for members receiving Medicaid benefits during this crisis. “These groups have collaborated to maintain the health of individuals to keep them out of the hospital and [...]
COVID-19 Update: Convalescent Plasma April 9, 2020 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Lt. Governor Husted announced that The Christ Hospital Lindner Research Center in Cincinnati has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin treating high-risk COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma. This treatment protocol is the only protocol that incorporates a readily available, rapid turnaround (less [...]
COVID-19 Update: PPE Procurement and Manufacturing April 9, 2020 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Governor DeWine announced that through the Ohio Manufacturing Alliance, 19 manufacturers have partnered with three hospital groups to begin large scale production of face shields. Over the next five weeks, 750,000 to 1 million face shields will be added to the Ohio Department of Health [...]
