On the fifth day of his term, Mayor Justin Bibb turned his attention to an issue that pre-dated his time as Cleveland's mayor: the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and, specifically, the vaccination rate of city residents.
CLEVELAND — After previously announcing the creation of a COVID-19 Task Force, Bibb and his staff toured a city vaccination clinic at McCafferty Health Center in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood Friday morning.
Part of that strategy includes the creation of a COVID-19 Task Force—a consortium of more than two dozen local and regional health experts, including the leaders of the region’s three healthcare systems. Announced on Thursday, the task force will have its first meeting next week. According to the Cleveland Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard, the vaccination rate among city residents is at 45%, roughly 20 percentage points behind the county’s average vaccination rate. Additionally, a mere 16% of city residents have received the recommended booster shot, according to city data.
“Wearing a mask, sanitizing your hands, all of those measures, including vaccination, are the reasons why we are able to keep people safe,” Cooper said. RELATED: 18-year-old Garfield Heights woman indicted in death of Cleveland police officer Shane Bartek
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