Ohioans start to receive COVID-19 Vaccine

On Monday Morning, Governor Mike DeWine, with First Lady Fran DeWine, announced that the first COVID-19 vaccines had arrived in Ohio. The vaccines will go to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and UC Health. Each hospital will get 975 doses. All doses will go to frontline workers. On Tuesday, eight additional hospitals will get 975 doses.

Governor DeWine said, “This is a very exciting day for Ohio. It’s the day that starts the process toward the end of the pandemic. The end is a long way off, but the end is in sight. Every day as we move forward from here, we’ll see more and more people vaccinated.”

Another historic moment. The first Ohioans have now been vaccinated against #COVID19 at @OSUWexMed. We wouldn’t be here without the tireless work of scientists, researchers, manufacturers, and the many others who worked hard to get this vaccine to Ohio. pic.twitter.com/8vJELwaRxb

— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) December 14, 2020

About an hour later, over Twitter, it was announced that the first COVID-19 vaccines were given at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Soon after, that first vaccines were given at UC Health.

Our healthcare workers have fought tirelessly to protect us, saving lives throughout this devastating pandemic. Now, a new layer of protection is available to safeguard their health. The first healthcare worker at @UC_Health has now been vaccinated. #InThisTogetherOhio pic.twitter.com/dakr2rUNLe

— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) December 14, 2020

This all comes after the FDA issued emergency authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine on Friday.