Ohio COVID-19 information moving to ODH, DataOhio websites
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COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Department of Health will move all COVID-19 information from coronavirus.ohio.gov to the department website, the agency announced.
All COVID-19 statistics and weekly reports are moving to the DataOhio COVID-19 reporting page, Health Department Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff said. All visitors to coronavirus.ohio.org will be automatically redirected to the department website, he said.
After the federal government declared the COVID-19 public health emergency in January 2020, the department launched coronavirus.ohio.gov as a clearinghouse for information. When the federal government declared an end to the public health emergency in May, the department began transitioning from that website to a series of pages on the department and DataOhio websites.
"The Ohio Department of Health remains committed to monitoring and sharing key data regarding COVID-19," Vanderhoff said. "Indeed, COVID-19 remains a major driver of respiratory illness along with other viruses like influenza and RSV for which important information is also available on our website."
The new site contains links to the COVID-19 statistics and dashboards that will continue to be updated weekly, as well as the latest guidance on prevention, testing, treatment and vaccines, which also will continue to be updated.
A similar transition took place after the last global pandemic, H1N1. In 2009, the department created the website flu.ohio.gov that in early 2011 was transitioned to the department website.