{"id":146451,"date":"2021-09-27T14:52:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T19:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=146451"},"modified":"2021-09-27T14:52:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T19:52:36","slug":"health-dept-now-offering-covid-boosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/09\/27\/health-dept-now-offering-covid-boosters\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Dept. now offering Covid boosters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Independent staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ohio Department of Health has released guidance for vaccine providers to begin offering booster doses of Pfizer vaccine.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/VW-County-Health-Dept.-logo-3-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85776\" width=\"241\" height=\"179\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert County General Health District will hold a clinic for booster doses of Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday, September 29, from noon to 4 p.m., and on Thursday, September 30, from noon to 4 p.m.&nbsp; A person must have completed the Pfizer vaccination series at least 6 months ago to receive the booster dose.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those seeking a booster dose should bring their vaccination card or record with them to the clinic.&nbsp;For more information on the booster shots, see the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/static\/vaccine\/fact-sheet-covid-19-vaccine-booster-doses.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fact Sheet on COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses<\/a>.&nbsp;At this time booster doses are not approved for Moderna or Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccines.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regular COVID-19 clinic is still scheduled for Thursday, September 30, from 2 to 4 p.m.&nbsp;In addition, the health department will begin offering flu vaccinations every Thursday from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue to monitor the Health District\u2019s website, Facebook page, and local media for future clinic information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent staff and submitted information The Ohio Department of Health has released guidance for vaccine providers to begin offering booster doses of Pfizer vaccine.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Van Wert County General Health District will hold a clinic for booster doses of Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday, September 29, from noon to 4 p.m., and on Thursday, September 30, [&hellip;]<\/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-146451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 04:33:50","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\/146451","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=146451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}