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DeWine: Pandemic strikes children hard

Gov. Mike DeWine said the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting school-age children particularly hard and urged school officials to require face masks but won’t mandate it himself even though he wants to do it. “If I could put on a statewide mandate, if the health department could do it, we would do it,” he said Tuesday. “What the Legislature has made very clear is if we put on a statewide mandate, they’d take it off” and would do it “right away.” DeWine, a Republican, said if he imposed it as a protest and the Republican-led state Legislature removed it, this would cause ...

Wed. 9:12 a.m.: Biden: Nearly 3M get health coverage during COVID-19 sign-up

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced this morning that 2.8 million consumers took advantage of a special six-month period to sign up for private health insurance coverage made more affordable by his COVID-19 relief law. He called the number encouraging and urged Congress to help ...

Wed. 8:43 a.m.: Unvaccinated French health care workers face suspension

PARIS (AP) — Health care workers in France face suspension from their jobs starting today if they haven't been vaccinated against COVID-19. With as many as 300,000 workers still not vaccinated, some hospitals fear staff shortages will add to their strain. Vaccines are now compulsory for ...

Virus case rate stays high in Ohio, Valley

The number of COVID-19 cases in the state remains at levels not seen in eight months. The 5,568 new COVID-19 cases reported Monday is the most for a Monday in the state since Jan. 11 with 7,812 cases. The state has exceeded 5,000 daily cases in 11 of the past 14 days, according to Ohio Department of Health data. The 5,568 new COVID-19 cases Monday is actually down from the daily average of 5,735 for the past 21 days, according to the ODH. COVID-19 cases on Sundays and Mondays are usually lower than the rest of the week because of a lag in reporting during the weekend. But the ...

Tue. 8:36 a.m.: Putin in self-isolation due to COVID cases in inner circle

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin entered self-isolation after people in his inner circle became infected with the coronavirus, the Kremlin said today, adding that the leader himself tested negative for COVID-19. Putin, who is fully vaccinated with Russia's Sputnik V, held ...

Ohio’s new cases head for 1.3M

The Ohio Department of Health reported 4,463 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the state total since the pandemic began to 1,298,625 — meaning the state will cross the 1.3 million threshold today if it records just 1,375 new cases. Mahoning County reported 83 new cases Sunday, bringing the total to 25,569 with 627 deaths. Trumbull County reported 82 new cases, bringing the total to 18,870 with 500 deaths. Columbiana County reported 54 new cases bringing the total to 10,880 with 237 deaths. Deaths were reported Friday for each county. Statewide, 52.85 percent of the ...