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03.02.2021: Heath Orders Regarding Mass Gatherings, Sports, Entertainment Venues Signed
03.01.2021: COVID-19 Update: Vaccination Phase 1C and Phase2
02.25.2021: COVID-19 Update: Spring Events, Provider Expansion, New Health Equity Website
02.23.2021: COVID-19 Update: Nursing Home Visitation, Progression of Vaccine Eligibility
02.18.2021: COVID-19 Update: Vaccine Maintenance Program, Nursing Home Visitation, Phase 1B Medical Conditions
02.16.2021: COVID-19 Update: Weather Delays, Central Scheduling, Virtual Townhalls
02.11.2021: COVID-19 Update: Vaccine Distribution, Nursing Home Cases Drop, ApprenticeOhio Milestone
02.11.2021: Health Amended Order Reopening Food Service Stations Signed
02.09.2021: COVID-19 Update: K-12 Progress, Rent Assistance, Ongoing Nursing Home Vaccination Plan
02.04.2021: COVID-19 Update: New ODJFS Public-Private Partnership Team
02.02.2021: COVID-19 Update: Vaccine Equity
01.29.2021: Vaccination Schedule for Ohio Schools Announced
01.28.2021: COVID-19 Update: K-12 Staff Vaccinations, Pandemic Impacts on K-12 Kids
01.27.2021: Health Order Signed Reducing Curfew by One Hour
01.26.2021: COVID-19 Update: Curfew & Vaccine Updates, Senior Housing Clinics
01.21.2021: COVID-19 Update: Phase 1B Vaccinations, Rapid Test, Curfew Extension
01.19.2021: COVID-19 Update: 1B Timeline, K-12 Schools, Cybersecurity, Ohio Department of Insurance
01.19.2021: COVID-19 Update: Phase 1B Vaccinations, Nursing Home Vaccinations, County Data
01.12.2021: COVID-19 Update: Phase 1B Timeline
01.07.2021: COVID-19 UPDATE: U.S. Capitol Breach, County Data, Phase 1B Vaccinations
01.05.2021: COVID-19 Update: Vaccination Phases, Nursing Home Vaccinations, Virus Variant, Vaccine Redistribution
12.30.2020: COVID-19 Update: School Quarantine Guidance Change, Curfew Extension, Bar and Restaurant Grants Still Available
12.21.2020: COVID-19 Update: Thanksgiving Mobility, Upcoming Holidays, Ohio National Guard Waiver
12.17.2020: COVID-19 Update: Vaccines, New Advisory System Map, New Nurse PSAs
12.16.2020: COVID-19 Update: Vaccinations Continue in Ohio, Local Health Department Vaccination Guidance
12.15.2020: COVID-19 Update: Vaccinations Begin in Ohio
12.11.2020: COVID-19 Update: Stay Safe Ohio Protocol, Curfew Extension, Sports Variance
12.7.2020: COVID-19 Update: Antigen Testing, K-12 Education Update, DataOhio Portal
12.7.2020: Governor DeWine Urges Congress to Pass Additional COVID-19 Relief
12.4.2020: COVID-19 Update: Phase 1 Vaccination Distribution Plan, Quarantine Guidance
12.4.2020: ODH Updated Quarantine Guidance
12.3.2020: COVID-19 Update: Increasing Positivity Rate; New Retail Compliance Unit Dashboard
12.1.2020: Governor Visits RSS Warehouse Site as State Prepares for Vaccine Distribution
11.30.2020: COVID-19 Update: 5,060 Hospitalizations, New Indoor Air Quality Program
11.24.2020: COVID-19 Update: Governor DeWine Urges Ohioans to Safely Celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday
11.23.2020: COVID-19 Update: Record Number of Hospital Admissions
11.19.2020: Ohio Dept. of Health Order Signed, Encouraging Ohioans to Stay Home
11.19.2020: COVID-19 Update: Critical Hospitalization Levels, New Childcare Dashboards
11.18.2020: COVID-19 Update: 21-Day Statewide Curfew
11.12.2020: COVID-19 Update: New Zip Code, Flu Dashboards; $30 Million to Assist Ohio Health Departments
11.11.2020: Gov. DeWine Calls on Ohioans to Recommit to Safety Practices, Announces New Mask, Social Distancing Orders
11.9.2020: COVID-19 Update: Unprecedented Spike in Hospital Admissions
11.5.2020: COVID-19 Update: Record-Breaking Cases & Hospitalizations, Statewide High Incidence, New ODH Administrative Structure
10.29.2020: COVID-19 Update: Record-Breaking Cases, COVID Defense Teams
10.27.2020: COVID-19 Update: Updated County Risk Levels, Election Update
10.23.2020: Governor DeWine Announces CARES Act Funding to Support Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Ohioans Impacted by COVID-19
10.22.2020: COVID-19 Update: Take This Seriously and Don't Let Up
10.20.2020: COVID-19 Update: Record-Breaking Hospitalizations, $1.3 Billion for Ohio Businesses, Spread from Social Gatherings
10.15.2020: COVID-19 Update: Updated County Risk Levels, Increased Spread in Cases
10.13.2020: COVID-19 Update: Increasing Cases, Childhood Vaccinations, Lab Capacity Dashboard, BinaxNOW Testing Plan
10.08.2020: COVID-19 Update: Updated County Risk Levels, Nursing Homes Visitation Order, Women's Enterprise Certification
10.06.2020: COVID-19 Update: Hospital Admissions, Quarantine Study, PPE Manufacturing
10.01.2020: COVID-19 Update: September Summary, Prevalence Testing, Updated Risk Levels, Worker Upskilling
08.28.2020: September is NPM - Disasters Don't Wait. Make Your Plan Today.
08.25.2020: COVID-19 Update: Sports Order Variance Process, Entertainment Venue Order
08.20.2020: COVID-19 Update: Reopening of Adult Day Care/Senior Centers, New Testing Initiative, BWC Dividend and Mask Distribution, PPE for Boards of Election
08.18.2020: COVID-19 Update: Sports Health Order, Georgetown Veterans Home, Ohio Governor's Imagination Library, Women's Suffrage Centennial
08.13.2020: COVID-19 Update: Improving Minority Health, Updated County Risk Levels
08.11.2020: COVID-19 Update: Return to School, Increase in Cases in Younger Populations
08.07.2020: COVID-19 Update: School Broadband Connectivity
08.04.2020: COVID-19 Update: Masks in Schools, Rapid Testing, Community Spread and Spread from Faith-Based Settings, Dr. Amy Acton
07.30.2020: Health Order Signed Limiting County Fairs to Junior Fair Activities
07.30.2020: COVID-19 Update: Liquor Sale and On-Premises Consumption Limits, Mass Gathering Order, Updated Risk Levels
07.28.2020: COVID-19 Update: Child Care Ratios to be Lifted, Additional Restrictions Announced for Local Fairs
07.23.2020: COVID-19 Update: Eight Counties Increase to Red Alert Level Three, Importance of Self-Quarantines, Broadband Expansion
07.23.2020: Statewide Facial Covering Order Signed
07.22.2020: Governor DeWine Issues Statewide Mask Order, Travel Warning
07.16.2020: COVID-19 Update - 19 Red Alert Level 3 Counties, Executive Order, PPE Manufacturing Grants
07.15.2020: Gov. DeWine Implores Ohioans to Unite to Prevent Spread of COVID-19
07.09.2020: COVID-19 Update - New Risk Levels, Higher Education Guidance, Funding for Schools, Homelessness Grant, IMAP Launch, SharedWork Program, Plasma Donation
07.08.2020: Director's Orders Signed for Facial Coverings
07.07.2020: COVID-19 Update - Face Coverings To Be Required in High-Risk Counties
07.07.2020: Lt. Gov. Husted Announces Short-Term "Return to Play" Guidelines for Sports, Launches Campaign to Engage Young Ohioans
07.02.2020: COVID-19 Update - School Guidelines, Public Health Advisory System
06.29.2020: COVID-19 Update - Increases in Hospitalizations and Positivity Rate, Counties of Concern, Nursing Home Visitation, Order Extension
06.25.2020: COVID-19 Update: Increase in Positive Cases, 2-1-1
06.23.2020: COVID-19 Update: Public Awareness Campaigns, Fireworks, Criminal Justice Grants
06.16.2020: COVID-19 UPDATE: Basic Reproduction Number, Pop-Up Sites, Multi-System Youth Grant
06.12.2020: COVID-19 UPDATE: Testing Expansion, R0 in Ohio, Place of Worship Best Practices, New Role for Dr. Acton, ODJFS Employment/Training Grant
06.09.2020: UPDATE: Mass Protest Standard, Office of Law Enforcement Recruitment, PPE Update, GOJO Expansion
06.05.2020: UPDATE: Additional Reopening Dates, Order Signed, Ohio National Guard
06.02.2020: UPDATE: Disparity, K-12 Reopening, Medical Procedures, Funding Opportunities for Businesses
05.28.2020: COVID-19 Update: Testing, Assisted Living Visitation, Premium Deferrals, Fairs
05.26.2020: COVID-19 Update: Congregate Care Unified Response Teams
05.22.2020: Governor Announces New Health Orders Signed May 22
05.21.2020: COVID-19 Update - Efforts to Improve Minority Health, New Sector Openings
05.20.2020: Governor Announces New Health Orders Signed
05.19.2020: COVID-19 Update: Ohioans Protecting Ohioans Urgent Health Advisory
05.18.2020: COVID-19 Update: Safety Checks, Twin Valley Update, Veterans Home Update
05.14.2020: COVID-19 Update: New Responsible RestartOhio Opening Dates
05.13.2020: Ohio Receives Remdesivir to be Distributed Statewide
05.12.2020: COVID-19 Update: Pandemic EBT, Additional Services to Reopen, Staying Connected
05.07.2020: COVID-19 Update: Reopening of Restaurants, Bars, and Personal Care Services
05.05.2020: COVID-19 Update: State Budget Impact
05.04.2020: COVID-19 Update: Testing Priority, Ohio BMVs
05.01.2020: Governor DeWine Announces ‘Stay Safe Ohio’ Order
04.30.2020: COVID-19 Update: Prison PPE, ODRC Update
04.29.2020: PPE Delivery, Employee Face-Covering Exceptions, Criminal Justice Grants, Class of 2020 Graduation
04.28.2020: Face Coverings, Advisory Groups on Restaurants, Barbershops & Salons
04.27.2020: Gov. DeWine Announces Details of Ohio's Responsible RestartOhio Plan
04.24.2020: COVID-19 Update: Reagent and Testing Swabs, Contact Tracing, Foster Care
04.23.2020: COVID-19 Update - How Environmental Changes Impact Health Risk
04.22.2020: COVID-19 Update: Elective Surgery Order, Mental Health CareLine
04.21.2020: COVID-19 Update: FDA Reagent Approval, Testing Strike Team, Fair Wavier, JobsOhio Banking Partnership, Dividend Checks
04.20.2020: K-12 Schools to Remain Closed, Minority Health Strike Force, Data Collection, Private Lab Testing
04.17.2020: COVID-19 Update: Recovery Phase, Inmate Testing
04.16.2020: COVID-19 Update: Governor DeWine Discussed State's Plan for Reopening Businesses, Regional Coalition Formed
04.15.2020: COVID-19 Update: Deferred Elective Procedures, CARES Act Payments, 1099 Unemployment Claims, First Responder PPE, Testing Partnership, Prison Update, Census 2020
04.13.2020: COVID-19 Update: Nursing Home Order, Liquor Sales, TANF Funding, Rapid Testing, Prison Update
04.10.2020: COVID-19 Update: Eased Medicaid Restrictions, N95 Sterilization, Distillery-Made Hand Sanitizer, Food Trucks at Rest Areas, New Data Reporting
04.09.2020: COVID-19 Update: PPE Manufacturing, Convalescent Plasma
04.08.2020: COVID-19 Update: Continue Staying Home, Correction Officer Death, PPE Sterilization, Child Abuse Reports, Proposed $1.6 Billion Dividend for Employers
04.07.2020: COVID-19 Update: Liquor Sales, Office of Small Business Relief, Ohio Prisons, SNAP Payments
04.06.2020: Sites Selected for Enhanced Hospital Capacity; ONG to Assist Federal Prison; Dispute Resolution Commission Now Active
04.04.2020: Ohioans Encouraged to Wear Cloth Masks in Public; Governor Signs Telehealth EO; New WiFi Hotspot Locator
04.03.2020: COVID-19 Update: Testing Supplies; PPE Sanitizing; Inmate Release Recommendation; Remote Learning Guide
04.02.2020: Ohio Stay at Home Order Extended Through May 1
04.01.2020: COVID-19 Update: PPE Manufacturing, Testing Order, Click Connect, Foreclosure Prevention
03.31.2020: Ohio Dept. of Health Receives All Allocated PPE from Strategic National Stockpile
03.31.2020: Ohio Takes Inventory of Ventilators; Issues Emergency Connection Order; Extends Telework Order
03.30.2020: Gov. DeWine Extends School Closure Order
03.30.2020: Ohio EMA Warns about Scam Phone Calls
03.29.2020: Governor, Lt. Governor Thank FDA for Approval of Use of Battelle Technology
03.29.2020: Gov. DeWine, Lt. Gov. Husted express disappointment in FDA's decision to limit use of Battelle Technology
03.28.2020: Gov. DeWine makes plea to FDA; Releases list of needed PPE
03.27.2020: Gov. DeWine signs House Bill 197
03.26.2020: Gov. DeWine, Pres. Obhof, Speaker Householder Announce Postponement of State of the State Address
03.26.2020: Personal Protective Equipment Needed; New COVID-19 Data Dashboard Unveiled
03.25.2020: Gov. DeWine's Statement on House Bill 197
03.23.2020: Gov. DeWine Orders Hiring Freeze for State Agencies, Boards and Commissions
03.22.2020: Ohio Issues “Stay at Home” Order; New Restrictions Placed on Child Daycares
03.21.2020: Adult Day Services to Close; BWC Payments Deferred; Trucking Waivers Issued
03.21.2020: Governor, Lt. Governor Statements Honoring State Rep. Dan Manning
03.20.2020: Ohio Records First COVID-19 Death; Senior Centers, Adult Day Cares to Close
03.19.2020: SBA Applications Being Accepted for Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program; DeWine Signs Order Expanding Telehealth Services for Medicaid Recipients
03.19.2020: (SBA NR) SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Ohio Small Businesses Economically Impacted by COVID-19
03.19.2020: (SBA in Spanish) La SBA Ofrece asistencia en caso de desastre a las pequenas empresas de Ohio afectadas economicamente por el COVID-19
03.17.2020: Joint Statement from Gov. DeWine and Secretary LaRose (7:31 pm)
03.17.2020: Elective Surgeries Postponed in Ohio Hospitals (7:09 pm)
03.16.2020: Ohio Dept. of Health issues order on closure of polling locations (11 pm)
03.16.2020: Statement from Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on the March 17 Election (10:09 pm)
03.16.2020: Joint Statement from Gov. DeWine and Secretary LaRose on Ohio Primary (9:04 pm)
03.15.2020: EMAO News Release: State Orders Bars, Restaurants Closed during Outbreak
03.15.2020: Gov. News Release: Business, Community Leaders Praise Efforts to Slow Spread of COVID-19
03.15.2020: Gov. DeWine Orders Ohio Bars & Restaurants to Close
03.14.2020: Gov. DeWine Provides COVID-19 Update
03.12.2020: Ohio Bans Mass Gatherings of 100 or More
03.12.2020: Gov. DeWine Announces School Closures
03.11.2020: Gov. DeWine Announces Fourth Confirmed COVID-19 Case; Limits Access to Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities
03.10.2020: Gov. DeWine Recommends Limiting Large Indoor Gatherings
03.09.2020: Gov. DeWine Signs Emergency Order Regarding Coronavirus Response