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<title>Ohio Issues "Stay at Home" Order; New Restrictions Placed on Day Cares for Children</title>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Please excuse multiple postings to share this press release from yesterday. It includes links to more information about the “Stay at Home” order.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Marsha McDevitt-Stredney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Public Information Officer<br>
Director, Marketing & Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">274 E. 1<sup>st</sup> Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Columbus, OH 43201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Tel: 614-644-6875<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/">library.ohio.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><br>
March 22, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Dan Tierney: 614-644-0957 <br>
Breann Almos: 614-799-6480<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Ohio Issues "Stay at Home" Order; New Restrictions Placed on Day Cares for Children<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton, M.D. MPH, today announced that Ohio
 will be under a "Stay at Home" order.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">The order will go into effect beginning Monday, March 23, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. and will remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. on April 6, 2020, unless the order
 is rescinded or modified. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Read the full order here:
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<span style="color:#1D5782">Director's Stay At Home Order</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">"We haven't faced an enemy like we are facing today in 102 years - we are at war. In the time of war, we must make sacrifices, and I thank all of our Ohio
 citizens for what they are doing and what they aren't doing. You are making a huge difference, and this difference will save lives," said Governor DeWine. "Right now, w<span class="css-901oao">e are in a crucial time in this battle. What we do now will slow
 this invader so that our healthcare system will have time to treat those who have contracted COVID-19 and also have time to treat those who have other medical problems. Time is of the essence."</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">CHILD CARE/DAY CARE</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Beginning on Thursday, March 26, 2020, all operating child care centers in Ohio must do so under a Temporary Pandemic Child Care license and follow these
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Ratios must be kept at one teacher to no more than six children.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Children whose parents are employed by the same entity should be kept together whenever possible.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The same teachers and children in each room should be maintained whenever possible.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">There should be limited use of shared space or mixing of groups.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">If shared space is used, a rigorous cleaning schedule must be in place.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Parent interaction should be limited at drop off and pick up.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">The program will operate until April 30, with the potential to extend and adjust as needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">The portal includes information on unemployment benefits, the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program, the Liquor Buyback Program,
 modified rules for trucking to help ship critical supplies into the state, the delay of BWC Premiums, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">CHLOROQUINE AND HYDROXYCHLORQUINE</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Ohio State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy passed a rule related to prescribing chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for purposes of COVID-19. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Unless otherwise approved by the Board’s executive director, no prescription for chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine may be dispensed by a pharmacist or sold
 at retail by a licensed terminal distributor of dangerous drugs unless:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The prescription bears a written diagnosis code from the prescriber;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">If written for a COVID-19 diagnosis, the diagnosis has been confirmed by a positive test result, which is documented on the prescription and both of the following apply:
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">The prescription is limited to no more than a fourteen-day supply, and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">No refills may be permitted unless a new prescription is furnished.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Prescriptions for either presumptive positive patients or prophylactic use of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine related to COVID-19 is strictly prohibited
 unless otherwise approved by the Board’s Executive Director in consultation with the Board President, at which time a resolution shall issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">COVID-19 OHIO DATA: </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">There are 351 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ohio and three deaths. A total of 83 people are hospitalized.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Confirmed Deaths: Cuyahoga (1), Erie (1), Lucas (1). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Confirmed cases: Ashland (1), Ashtabula (2), Belmont (2), Butler (17), Carroll (1), Clark (1), Clermont (5), Clinton (1), Columbiana (2), Coshocton (2),
 Cuyahoga (125), Darke (1), Defiance (2), Delaware (6), Erie (1), Franklin (34), Gallia (1), Geauga (2), Greene (1), Hamilton (19), Hancock (1), Huron (1), Lake (6), Licking (1), Lorain (19), Lucas (5), Mahoning (18), Marion (1), Medina (10), Miami (13), Montgomery
 (5), Portage (1), Richland (1), Stark (10), Summit (23), Trumbull (3), Tuscarawas (2), Union (1), Warren (3), Wood (1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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