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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to announce COVID-19 vaccine protocols Friday

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said on Thursday that he'll announce the state's protocols for distributing the coronavirus vaccine on Friday.

At his press briefing on Thursday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine didn't announce the state's plans for distributing the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.

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Those plans, however, are coming soon.

At Thursday's briefing, Gov. DeWine shared some details from his recent visit to one of Ohio's vaccine housing facilities. And while he wasn't ready to share how the vaccine would be distributed or who would be first in line, DeWine did say that he was planning to do so on Friday, Dec. 4.

"The packages that are going to come in from Pfizer will have 975 doses in them. There will be some counties and places where those need to go," DeWine said, noting that the Ohio National Guard has already been practicing packaging and repackaging the shipments in preparation of distribution. "I'm going to more to tell you all about this tomorrow about exactly how this is not only going to be distributed but what the priorities are going to be.

"We continue to work on that and we continue to be in touch with the federal government. We were on the phone yesterday with CVS and Walgreens. They are two companies that have been picked by the federal government to handle the nursing homes. And so we will continue working with them. We want to make sure everything continues to go well in that regard. So we'll have more about this tomorrow."

DeWine had previously revealed that he expected the first batches of the coronavirus vaccine to arrive in Ohio around Dec. 15. You can watch DeWine's full press briefing in the video below.

    

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