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VALDOSTA â South Health District officials warned area residents Wednesday that COVID-19 cases are on the rise while urging people to get the vaccine.
Within the 10 counties that South Health District serves â Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift and Turner, 693 new cases were reported from July 21-28, more than doubling the previous seven days, July 15-22, when 275 new cases were reported, health officials said in a statement. Vaccination continues to be the most important step that individuals can take to protect themselves and others from COVID-19 as well as the new COVID-19 variants, according to the statement. Data has shown that vaccinations currently available under the Food and Drug Administrationâs Emergency Use Authorization do offer some protection against the new variants.
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SHD cancels vaccine clinics due to lack of registrants
SHD cancels vaccine clinics due to lack of registrants By Jennifer Morejon | May 14, 2021 at 6:57 PM EDT - Updated May 14 at 8:08 PM
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - The South Health District (SHD) is seeing a decline of those getting a COVID-19 vaccine at their mobile clinics, leading up to five events getting canceled.
The district had partnered up with churches in the area this week for vaccine clinics. But they didn’t reach the number of people needed to make it happen. SHD poster of church vaccine clinics cancelled. (Source: SHD)
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South Health District resumes administering Janssen vaccines
South Health District resumes administering Janssen vaccines By Jennifer Morejon | April 29, 2021 at 6:29 PM EDT - Updated April 29 at 8:04 PM
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - After a few week’s pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, South Health District has started back giving them again.
Health officials say the demand for that specific vaccine is still there.
“Each health department has a schedule where one day during the week they will offer Janssen vaccine and the other days they’ll offer Moderna,” said Courtney Sheeley with South Health District.
Serving 10 counties including Lowndes, Brooks, and Cook, Sheeley tells us they had a list of people waiting for its return.
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.