Ohio Mental Health And Addiction Services Director Tests Positive For COVID-19 – WOSU

As the coronavirus continues to spread widely and rapidly through Ohio, the head of the states mental health and drug addiction agency has tested positive for COVID-19.

Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services Director Lori Criss told her staff in a memo that she tested positive over the weekend. Shed had minor allergy/cold symptoms and worked with her doctor to get a test. She said she never really felt horrible, shes feeling better every day and is isolating at home while teleworking, which she has been since March.

Criss said in the memo she knows shes not the only one whos gone through this, and urged her staff to take care and quote to reach out for help without the worry, shame, or fear that can come from having this illness.

Shes the second agency director to announce a battle with COVID. State prisons director Annette Chambers Smith tested positive this summer.

Last Tuesday during Gov. Mike DeWines virtual COVID press conference, said this from her home: Remember, taking care of yourself is a priority, not a luxury.

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