Phase 1B Qualifying Health Conditions

Phase 1B will specifically include those below who choose to be vaccinated: 

• Ohioans, age 65 and up.

• Ohioans born with or who have early childhood conditions that are carried into adulthood which put them at a higher risk for adverse outcomes due to COVID-19.

  • Sickle cell anemia.

  • Down syndrome.

  • Cystic fibrosis.

  • Muscular dystrophy.

  • Cerebral palsy.

  • Spina bifida.

  • People born with severe heart defects, requiring regular specialized medical care.

  • People with severe type 1 diabetes, who have been hospitalized for this in the past year.

  • Phenylketonuria (PKU), Tay-Sachs, and other rare, inherited metabolic disorders.

  • Epilepsy with continuing seizures; hydrocephaly; microcephaly, and other severe neurological disorders.

  • Turner syndrome, fragile X syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, and other severe genetic disorders.

  • People with severe asthma, who have been hospitalized for this in the past year.

  • Alpha and beta thalassemia

  • Solid organ transplant candidates and recipients.

• Adults/employees in K-12 schools that want to go back, or to remain, educating in person.