{"id":134141,"date":"2020-08-18T16:13:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=134141"},"modified":"2020-08-18T16:13:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:13:25","slug":"gov-lets-districts-decide-on-fall-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/08\/18\/gov-lets-districts-decide-on-fall-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. lets districts decide on fall sports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted provided the following updates Tuesday on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High school sports<\/strong>
Governor DeWine announced that an order from the Ohio Department of Health will be issued to outline how sports, both contact and non-contact, may move forward in Ohio. The order will apply to all organized sports in the state and will include guidelines for spectators. The decision for high school fall sports to be postponed to the springtime will be left to the school districts. This order will be available on\u00a0coronavirus.ohio.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mike DeWine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Governor DeWine also spoke with Dr. Jim Borchers of The Ohio State University\u2019s Wexner Medical Center. Dr. Borchers specializes in sports medicine. He discussed the importance of sports, and its impact on the physical and mental health of young people. Dr. Borchers also reminded parents and students about the importance of immediately sharing information with coaching staff and a doctor if a COVID-19 case is probable or confirmed, and then following the appropriate protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgetown Veterans Home<\/strong>
Governor DeWine announced a confirmed case of COVID-19 at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown (Brown County). An employee tested positive, and two other employees may have been exposed to this individual. The Ohio Department of Veterans Services put additional safety measures in place at the home and they are tracking potential exposures. All residents in the unit where this employee works are being tested, as are the residents in the two other units where the potentially exposed employees are assigned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohio governor\u2019s Imagination Library<\/strong>
First Lady Fran DeWine joined Governor DeWine with an update on the Ohio Governor\u2019s Imagination Library. The Ohio Governor\u2019s Imagination Library is approaching it\u2019s one-year anniversary and is now available in 78 of Ohio\u2019s 88 counties.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With help from the Ohio General Assembly and local partners throughout the state, the Ohio Governor\u2019s Imagination Library has expanded throughout the state and about 191,000 children are receiving a book in the mail monthly. Last summer, the program was only available in pockets throughout the state and about 93,000 children were enrolled at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Centennial of women\u2019s suffrage<\/strong>
Governor DeWine reminded Ohioans that Tuesday marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. He encouraged Ohioans to learn more about the history of the women\u2019s suffrage movement by visiting the Ohio History Connection webpage,\u00a0ohiohistory.org<\/a>. Governor DeWine also announced that TourismOhio has created a women\u2019s history road trip to mark the centennial. It can be found at\u00a0ohio.org.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current Covid-19 data<\/strong>
There are 109,923 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Ohio and 3,871 confirmed and probable COVID-19 deaths. A total of 12,436 people have been hospitalized, including 2,805 admissions to intensive care units.\u00a0In-depth data can be accessed by visiting\u00a0coronavirus.ohio.gov<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on Ohio’s response to COVID-19, visit coronavirus.ohio.gov<\/a> or call 1-833-4-ASK-ODH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted provided the following updates Tuesday on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio. High school sportsGovernor DeWine announced that an order from the Ohio Department of Health will be issued to outline how sports, both contact and non-contact, may move forward […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 06:13:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}