COVID-19 vaccine distribution ramps up across metro Atlanta
COVID-19 vaccinations clinics in metro Atlanta
Front line healthcare workers were first in line for vaccinations, beginning Monday those 65 and older will be eligible.
ATLANTA - Mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics happened all over metro Atlanta today. The vaccine distribution is beginning with frontline healthcare workers and first responders.
Starting next Monday, anyone over the age of 65 can get vaccinated.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium hosted more than 1,000 healthcare workers on Saturday to get the Pfizer vaccine.
The stadium also hosted around 1,200 patients on Friday. They expected to host Fulton County s vaccination efforts for as long as they can.
If there is one âgiftâ people want to receive less than an ugly sweater or socks at Christmas, it is likely the virus that causes COVID-19.
And, public health officials in Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale counties donât want people in the three-county health district getting it either.
With that in mind, the Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale Health District Director, Dr. Audrey Arona, is warning people to take precautions to make sure they donât spread it during Christmas festivities.
As the vaccine arrive in the three-county health district last week, Arona said adherence to COVID-related health guidelines will be important. One of those guidelines that health officials have repeatedly preached is that people should stay home if they donât feel well.
Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans
Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale Health District Director Dr.
Audrey Arona gets one of the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to
be distributed in the district on Wednesday.
Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans
Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale health district HIV Prevention
Program Manager, Marty Carpenter, receives the Pfizer COVID-19
vaccine at the health districtâs office in Lawrenceville on
Wednesday. Carpenter was the first person to receive the vaccine in
Gwinnett County.
Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans
Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale Health District Director of
Environmental Health Joseph Sternberg draws doses of the Pfizer
COVID-19 vaccines for distribution at the district health office on
Gwinnett County frontline workers among first to receive COVID-19 vaccine
Frontline workers in Gwinnett County received the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - The first shipments of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Metro Atlanta Wednesday.
Georgia s Department of Public Health said over 16,000 doses arrived throughout Atlanta on Wednesday.
The first frontline workers in Gwinnett County received the first dose of the vaccine on Wednesday as well. If I had enough vaccine to vaccinate everyone, I would do it today, said Dr. Audrey Arona, the Health Director for Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale County Health Departments.
Dr. Arona was among one of the first people in Gwinnett County to get Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine.
Health officials in Gwinnett County became the first people in the county to receive the new COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer this past week.
Officials from the Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale health district announced they received their first shipment of the vaccine, nearly 2,000 doses of it, early Wednesday morning â making them the first people in Gwinnett to receive their supply. Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale Health District Director Dr. Audrey Arona became one of the first people in the district to receive the vaccine after she helped administer it to a handful of staff members at a press conference at the Gwinnett Board of Health Office in Lawrenceville.