Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department is announcing nine (9) new cases of COVID-19 for 5/16/21 in Ohio County. Currently, the health department reports a total of 4416 cases, including ninety (90) deaths. Case surveillance, contact tracing, and monitoring continue for many of the reported cases.
The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department will hold free COVID-19 testing clinics on Monday, May 17, 2021, and Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department
COVID Testing
11:00am – 4:00pm
Wheeling Island Fire Station, Station 5, 11 North Wabash Street
The free clinics are for those with or without symptoms and no insurance is needed. Participants need to bring a driver’s license, photo ID or other proof of address. No residency restrictions. Patients under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. This is a drive-up testing clinic and participants will be tested either in their personal vehicles or at a walk-up location near the testing sites. This special clinic is being hosted by the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department and the Wheeling-Ohio County Emergency Management Agency. For more information call the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department at (304) 234-3682.
COVID Vaccination Clinics
May 17 – May 21, 2021, COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics (subject to change due to supply). Clinics are 8:00am -4:00pm each day. 1st dose and 2nd dose vaccines available. Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccines are available. Walk-ins welcomed.
- 5/17/21 – Eligible and registered residents, by appointment/walk-in.
- 5/18/21 – Eligible and registered residents, by appointment/walk-in.
- 5/19/21 – Eligible and registered residents, by appointment/walk-in.
- 5/20/21 – Eligible and registered residents, by appointment/walk-in.
- 5/21/21 – Eligible and registered residents, by appointment/walk-in.
- 5/15/21 – NO CLINIC.
- 5/16/21 – NO CLINIC.
All vaccination appointments and events are held at the Community Vaccination Center at the Highlands. The COVID-19 community vaccination center at the Highlands is located in the old Michaels Craft Store/Spirit Halloween Store. The address is 550 Cabela Drive, Triadelphia, West Virginia 26059. Ohio Valley residents in West Virginia can now do self-scheduling to make COVID-19 vaccine appointments. Log onto: http://www.wheelinghospital.org/vaccine. To make an appointment, users will need to provide their name, date of birth, address, email address, and phone number.
The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department will hold daily COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics May 10-14, 2021, and May 17-21, 2021, Monday thru Friday, 8:00 am-4:00 pm. Clinics will be reduced to three days a week the week of May 24, 2021, and will be on May 24, 26, and 28, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Starting in June COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics will be twice a week on June 1, 3, 8, and 10, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Additional clinics, locations, dates, and times will be announced as needed.
COVID-19 School Vaccination Clinics will be held May 17 – 20, 2021 from 4:00-7:00 pm each day. Clinics are for children 12 years of age and older, families, and the general community. Guardian must be present for children under 18 years of age.
- 5/17/21 – Warwood School
- 5/18/21 – The Linsly School
- 5/19/21 – Ritchie Elementary School
- 5/20/21 – Bridge Street Middle School
Vaccinations will also be available May 17-21, 2021, at the Community Vaccination Center at the Highlands for children 12 years of age and older.
Ohio County and Ohio Valley residents are advised to limit public contact, implement social distancing, work at home where possible, wear a face-covering when out in public, indoors, or at work, wash your hands frequently, and contact your personal physician if you become ill with fever, cough, or difficulty breathing.
The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department is reminding Ohio Valley residents that if you are tested for COVID-19 that you are to remain in home isolation until you receive negative test results. Individuals who test positive will be contacted by a county health department and receive further instructions in regard to care and monitoring.
If positive, you should restrict activities outside your home, except for getting medical care. Do not go to work, school, or public areas. If you have a medical appointment, call the healthcare provider and tell them that you have or may have COVID-19 prior to arriving at the facility. This will help the healthcare provider’s office take steps to keep other people from getting infected or exposed.
The off-site Wheeling Hospital COVID-19 testing clinic continues operations. Ohio Valley residents who are interested in being tested at this location should call the on-call number at (304) 221-3995. Testing is also available at Doctor’s Urgent Care, call (304) 232-0725 for more information; MedExpress is also testing for COVID-19, for more information call (304) 242-4228; Wheeling Health Right is offering testing, call (304) 233-9323 for more information.
