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Ohio University-Chillicothe’s Shoemaker Center will be the mass vaccination site for all Ross County Health District COVID-19 clinics, moving forward, starting February 2nd.
Administrators from the Ross County Health District took Litter Media on a “test run” Monday of their new clinic site at OU-Chillicothe.
Ross County Health District Commissioner Garrett Guillozet says they can get many more people vaccinated in a single days time at Shoemaker Center compared to their health district office.
“At our office on a very busy day, we can accommodate about 100 individuals coming into receive their COVID vaccine. Here at this location with this capacity, we can accommodate between 300-500 people per day, and that’s really over about a five to six hour time period.”
He added that if they receive more doses of the vaccine, they would be able to offer it over a longer period of time each day.
Currently, all vaccinations through the health department are being done through appointment only, which began registration in early January for those age 65 years of age and over. Guillozet says they are working off that original list and not currently taking any additional registrations until they work through many of the 5,000 people they have already registered.
When it is time for those registered to get their shots, they will be notified by a phone call from the the health district concerning the date of your appointment with a follow-up automated call that gives you the location and time of your shot. Eventually when the general public is allowed to get their vaccinations, the clinics will continue at Shoemaker Center with as many as several hundred vaccinations per day, possibly without registrations.
Guillozet says the health district is not charging anything for the COVID-19 vaccinations. “It is entirely free, there is no cost. We are not currently collecting insurance information for insurance billing. Some providers are doing that, but the health district is not doing that at this time”.
Ohio school employees are being vaccinated in February, but Guillozet says the health district will only be vaccinating school personnel from Chillicothe City Schools and Paint Valley Schools. Employees in those two districts will be notified about the specific times and days, scheduled for the week of February 22nd.
The remaining Ross County districts will receive their vaccinations through Wahlgreen’s, who will notify those school administrators concerning the times and dates for their vaccinations the final week of February.
Beyond the current 1B vaccination schedule, Guillozet says they do not yet have the specifics of the upcoming 1C vaccination categories.
When will registrations begin again?
It’s uncertain at this time. You can keep an eye on the RCHD website and/or Facebook Page for future announcements. Here’s a link to their Vaccination Information Page: http://rosscountyhealth.org/vaccination-information/