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Health officials: If you got the J&J vaccine, donât panic By Jennifer Morejon | April 15, 2021 at 6:45 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 8:06 PM
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - Georgia Department of Public Healthâs South Health District has gotten calls from worried people whoâve gotten the Johnson and Johnson, or Janssen, vaccine.
Those who got the one-shot Janssen are probably wondering âwhat now?â
Health officials said donât panic â If you have a severe headache, leg pain or shortness of breath from the vaccine, you re asked to contact your doctor. (Source: WALB)
âWe have gotten some people that call us that have been worried and gotten the vaccine. But the thing we try to remind people is that this is six cases out of 6.8 million doses that have been administered. It is severe but a very rare condition,â said Courtney Sheeley, director of communications for the district.
Man pleads guilty to charges in 5 Ben Hill Co. cases Telvin Bobby King (Source: Brad Rigby, the D.A. for the Cordele Judicial Circuit, via the Ben Hill County Jail) By Krista Monk | April 14, 2021 at 10:14 PM EDT - Updated April 14 at 10:14 PM
FITZGERALD, Ga. (WALB) - A man pleaded guilty in five Ben Hill County cases during the countyâs first jury trials since the beginning of the COVID pandemic last year, according to the Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorneyâs Office.
The D.A.âs office said in a press release that Telvin Bobby King entered guilty pleas on five pending cases after a jury was empaneled to hear evidence in the first of two cases set for trial this week.
Ben Hill Co. Schools works to vaccinate teachers
Ben Hill Co. Schools work to vaccinate teachers By Gabrielle Ware | March 3, 2021 at 7:29 PM EST - Updated March 4 at 12:42 AM
FITZGERALD, Ga. (WALB) - More schools in Georgia are preparing to vaccinate their teachers.
Ben Hill County Schools told WALB, they just finished talking about their rollout plan early Wednesday. They will start administering the Moderna vaccine on March 12.
The county health department will go to each school and administer the shot. The school system will take about two to three weeks to get everybody vaccinated.
Superintendent Shawn Haralson said he doesn’t know if all the teachers will get the vaccine but they have a long list of people looking to do so.
Ben Hill Co Schools get nearly $1M in federal funding walb.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from walb.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.