COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state will receive 571,460 COVID-19 vaccine doses next week — the largest allocation Ohio has gotten to date, Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday.

DeWine said the state will be receiving shipments of all three approved vaccines — Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Moderna — starting Monday.

Because of this, more of Ohio's mass vaccination stationary sites will open Wednesday, along with a mobile clinic. Appointments will be available to schedule starting Saturday. 

The Ohio Northern Mobile Clinic will travel among Wyandot, Marion, Union, Logan, Crawford, and Hardin counties starting Friday, April 2. The Ohio University Mobile Clinic will travel among Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton, Washington, Morgan and Perry counties starting Tuesday, April 6.

DeWine said the state will release details on the two other mobile clinics in Jefferson and Richland counties in the coming weeks.  

The other 11 stationary clinics opening Wednesday will be at the Knights Center in Lima, the Lucas County Recreation Center, Dayton Convention Center, Celeste Center in Columbus, Summit County Fairgrounds, the former Dillards in Mahoning County, Cintas Centre in Cincinnati, and Wilmington Air Park.

DeWine said the Wolstein Center, the first mass vaccination site in Ohio, distributed 46,000 doses since it opened March 17.

So far, 14.5% of Ohio’s population has been vaccinated, according to the Ohio Department of Health. A little more than 25.4% of the population has received the first dose.

Earlier Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced 51 Ohio health centers will receive a total of $160 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan to put toward vaccines and other services.

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