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GEMA to open mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Columbus
GEMA to open mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Columbus By Cindy Centofanti | March 15, 2021 at 7:19 PM EDT - Updated March 15 at 7:38 PM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - As Georgia opens up COVID-19 vaccination eligibility for adults 55 and older Monday, the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) is preparing to open its mass vaccination site at the Columbus Civic Center Wednesday.
Columbus Mayor Skip Henderson says he is impressed with GEMA’s efforts.
“It is so much of a larger scale than what we have going now,” Henderson said. “Wow, I mean in a word that is what it is.
Columbus Civic Center home to new GEMA mass vaccination clinic
Columbus Civic Center home to new GEMA mass vaccination clinic By Cindy Centofanti | March 5, 2021 at 7:52 PM EST - Updated March 5 at 7:59 PM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Compared to other counties of roughly the same size, Muscogee County is trailing behind when it comes to the number of residents who have received a COVID-19 vaccine.
A mass vaccine clinic, run by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA), is looking to change that.
“We can and should do more to make absolutely certain more doses are getting into the arms of Georgians as quickly as possible,” Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said.