
Franklin County is rated "Level 3" or "Red", the second-highest warning level in the advisory system.
July 2: The Ohio Public Health Advisory System is established. įranklin County has been rated for COVID-19 severity under Ohio's Public Health Advisory System and the CDC's COVID-19 community transmission map. September 10: Mayor Ginther signs an executive order requiring everyone, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a mask in public indoor spaces. June 7: The Columbus City Council repeals the city's mask ordinance. Later in the month, a long-term mass vaccination site will open at the Celeste Center in downtown Columbus, one of sixteen in Ohio. March 19: A pop-up mass vaccination site will open at St. January 13: Researchers at the Ohio State University in Columbus detect two new strains of the coronavirus, including one known as the "Columbus strain", predominant in infection in the city since late December and early January. The advisory urges people to only leave home for work or school, or for essential needs like medical care. November 18: Columbus and Franklin County Public Health announce a stay-at-home advisory. November 16: The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, following guidelines issued by the Metro Parks system, begins requiring masks in its outdoor spaces, after previously only requiring them inside its buildings. November 15: Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks begins requiring masks in its parks, following an updated mask mandate in Ohio. September 9: The trials at Ohio State for a potential COVID-19 vaccine were put on hold after a UK participant developed an unexplained illness. September 1: A vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, was going into clinical trials for 30,000 participants worldwide, with 500 participants at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center location. July 2: Mayor Ginther orders the use of face masks in public in Columbus. Restaurants and bars can reopen their indoor dining rooms beginning on May 21. May 15: Columbus and all of Ohio's hair salons, barbershops, and nail salons reopen, along with restaurant and bar outdoor dining spaces. April 16: DeWine announces plans to gradually reopen businesses on May 1. #COLUMBUS ZOO MASK POLICY CRACK#
April 15: The City of Columbus announces plans to crack down on mass gatherings. April 13: Protests were held again outside the Statehouse, with signs reading "Stop the tyranny," "Survival is not living," and "Quarantine worse than virus", among statements against DeWine and Acton. April 10: Columbus Public Health begins weekly reports into Columbus and Worthington coronavirus cases. April 9: During a coronavirus briefing at the Ohio Statehouse, about 50 people protested Governor DeWine and Amy Acton, director of the Ohio Department of Health, in opposition to the stay-at-home order. April 5: 416 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Columbus and Worthington. April 3: The Columbus-area Hocking Hills State Park has been closed due to COVID-19. April 2: DeWine has extended the stay at home order through May 1. March 31: New homeless shelters have been opened for men, woman and families who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or is showing symptoms of the virus.
March 24: DeWine outlines what is considered "essential businesses and industries" during the " Stay at home" order he conducted.March 23: first coronavirus-related deaths in Franklin County.March 22: DeWine gives a stay-at-home order for Ohio.March 20: first coronavirus-related death in Ohio street sweeping delayed in Columbus.March 18: Mayor Andrew Ginther declares a local state of emergency Columbus alters parking rules Department of Building and Zoning Services closes its public office and cancels upcoming meetings Area Commissions cancels two months of meetings.March 17: second case of coronavirus reported in Columbus, suggesting community spread.March 16: DeWine limits gatherings to no more than 50 people most county municipal court hearings are postponed visitors prohibited from jails and correctional facilities.
March 14: Columbus reports its first case of coronavirus.
March 13: the Columbus Board of Health declares a local public health emergency. March 12: first cases of community spread in Ohio DeWine orders limiting gatherings to fewer than 100 individuals. March 10: Ohio reports first cases, state of emergency declared in Ohio. March 2: Columbus Public Health, the city's health department, issues tips to the public regarding coronavirus. One of many business closure signs in the Short North