{"id":152726,"date":"2022-03-31T03:34:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T08:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=152726"},"modified":"2022-03-31T03:36:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T08:36:44","slug":"health-dept-offering-second-boosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/03\/31\/health-dept-offering-second-boosters\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Dept. offering second boosters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ohio Department of Health gave approval to a second COVID-19 booster and now, the Van Wert County Health Department will begin administering the vaccines from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at 1179 Westwood Drive, Suite 300.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An additional clinic to handle the anticipated demand is set for 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 5. Clinics will continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People age 50 and older who received an initial mRNA booster dose (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna) at least four months ago may receive a second booster dose. A second booster dose may be most beneficial for people who are age 65 and older, or who are age 50-64 with certain underlying medical conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People age 12 and older who are moderately to severely immunocompromised who received an initial mRNA booster dose (Pfizer or Moderna) at least four months ago may receive a second booster dose (Pfizer, age 12+; Moderna, age 18+). This means individuals age 12 years and older who are moderately to severely immunocompromised may receive as many as five doses \u2013 the recommended three-dose primary series for people who are immunocompromised, plus two booster doses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, based on a newly published CDC report adults who received a primary vaccine and booster dose of the Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at least 4 months ago may receive a second booster dose using an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer or Moderna).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People who are now eligible to receive a second booster dose are encouraged to talk to their healthcare providers to assess individual risks and the benefits of another dose in strengthening ongoing protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attached is the news release from the Ohio Department of Health that outlines the particulars of the new guidance regarding COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff and submitted information The Ohio Department of Health gave approval to a second COVID-19 booster and now, the Van Wert County Health Department will begin administering the vaccines from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at 1179 Westwood Drive, Suite 300. An additional clinic to handle the anticipated demand is set for [&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-152726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 15:33:54","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\/152726","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=152726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}