Keshav Deshpande, a trauma, acute care and critical care surgeon at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in Columbus, said students are a historically large demographic in blood donations.
Council also made several appropriations during the Finance and Personnel committee meeting.
Union Street Diner added a parklet mid-July and El Tenampa opened its doors to the public in April.
The district was temporarily closed due to COVID-19 related staff shortages.
Brigette Hires, director of the Office of Nutrition for the Ohio Department of Education, encouraged families to take advantage of the program.
59 positive cases have been reported among 800 students since Aug. 26.
The Athens Farmers Market and The Dairy Barn Arts Center expected this summer to look different from 2020’s summer due to the decline in COVID-19 restrictions.
Superintendent Tom Gibbs said the district will increase efforts to hire new drivers, substitutes.
Currently, there are no local or state policies in place regarding limitations on gathering sizes.
The DORA went into effect July 29 after being approved by Athens City Council on June 21.
Council suspended the rules to unanimously approve an ordinance requiring individuals to wear masks in indoor public spaces.
Athens County has seen a 66.67% increase in COVID-19 cases from Aug. 4 to Aug. 11.
In a tweet, the Athens City-County Health Department alerted the public of the recent rise in transmission levels and urged all individuals to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status.
Athens reached “substantial transmission” levels of COVID-19 at the beginning of the month.
Nelsonville police officer Scott Dawley died in a three-vehicle car crash while responding to a call.
The final election for Ohio’s 15th district representative will be held Nov. 2.
The deadline to become fully vaccinated is Dec. 1.
Council also appropriated $600,000 for repairs to the Shafer Street storm line tunnel.
Gillian Ice, special assistant to the president for public health operations, said the university expects 50% of students to be vaccinated in the fall.
Jimmy Childs also agreed to testify on the prosecution’s behalf against the Bellar family in the cases against them.
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