Coronavirus and prisons
The Ohio Department of Youth Services says no juveniles or staff members are likely to have been infected by a part-time contractor who has tested positive for the coronavirus.
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FDA lifts limits on Battelle sterilization system
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration relented in the face of pressure from Gov. Mike DeWine, central Ohio lawmakers and even President Donald Trump and has authorized Battelle to deploy technology to sterilize surgical masks without a daily limit, allowing the Columbus company to decontaminate tens of thousands of badly needed respirator masks each day.
Coronavirus among police officers, firefighters
Ohio now has more than 1,600 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 29 deaths.
Dozens still without power after severe weather hits Ohio
A few hundred utility customers are still without power after severe weather spawned what forecasters called a “100-year flood” in Cleveland and led to a number of water rescues.
Columbus police officer tests positive for COVID-19
Gov. Mike DeWine urged the Federal Food and Drug Administration to approve a new system developed by Columbus-based private research lab Battelle.
DeWine blasts FDA limits on Battelle sterilizing technology
Calling the decision “reckless,” Gov. Mike DeWine Sunday expressed deep disappointment in a federal government agency’s decision to limit the use of technology developed at Battelle labs that DeWine said was capable of sterilizing tens of thousands of badly needed surgical masks a day.
DeWine signs coronavirus response bill
Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday signed Ohio’s first major legislative response to the pandemic, which eliminates testing for students and restarts the state’s postponed primary election.
City to step up enforcement of safe workplace requirement
Columbus health officials say they will begin actively enforcing the state’s order that businesses allowed to remain open under the Department of Health’s “stay-at-home” order practice social distancing and basic hygiene to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
State may need to triple hospital space for COVID-19
As the number of coronavirus cases in Ohio crosses the 1,000 barrier and continues its steady rise, Gov. Mike DeWine says the state could see ten times that number of new cases every day when the wave crests in May.
HS winter sports tournaments cancelled
The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Thursday that the winter sports tournaments, which were postponed indefinitely, have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.