Year: 2020

Columbus Public Health and Franklin County Public Health have extended the Stay at Home Advisory until January 23, 2021. The Stay at Home Advisory coincides with Governor Mike DeWine’s extension of the statewide 10 p.m. curfew which was expanded due … Read More

It has been an exciting week for FCPH. We are administering COVID-19 vaccine to individuals whose jobs put them at high risk of exposure to COVID-19 as identified in the state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan. Our first clinic was this past … Read More

FCPH had the opportunity to participate in a virtual meeting over the weekend with U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Jerome Adams and Governor DeWine. The Surgeon General stated we should all be focused on what he called the two Vs … Read More

News this week about the vaccine beginning to be delivered and administered around the country is certainly exciting. It’s a source of hope at the time of year when many of us need and look for it. It also arrives … Read More

Columbus Public Health and Franklin County Public Health have extended the Stay at Home Advisory until January 2, 2021. The Stay at Home Advisory, which began on November 20, was extended due to high case numbers and community spread and … Read More

The backlog of antigen tests cleared by ODH today added approximately 571 cases to the FCPH probable case count. While you will see this increase in the cumulative number on our daily report, they have been tallied into the count on … Read More

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield issued this stark warning about the worsening death toll from the coronavirus on Thursday. He stated that “We are in the timeframe now that probably for the next 60 … Read More

Yesterday, Governor DeWine announced Franklin County moved from purple to red in the Ohio Public Health Advisory System. It is important to realize this does NOT mean Franklin County residents are at less risk of COVID-19. We find ourselves in … Read More