Ohio National Guard to begin deployment at state's medical facilities on Thursday

With another surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations taking place across the state, more than a thousand members of the Ohio National Guard have been called up to assist.

On Tuesday, Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., Ohio Adjutant General, provided an update on the deployment of the national guard in the state's hospitals.150 of the National Guard members include "highly trained medical personnel, nurses and EMTs." The other 900 non-medical members will deal with a variety of other tasks that "will involve transport within the hospital, food and the environmental work that goes on in hospitals."

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