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Albany area, hit hard early in COVID pandemic, gets mass vaccination site
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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Warren Lowry, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia National Guard, at a COVID-19 testing site in Albany. (File photo by U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Roger Parsons)
ALBANY, Ga. – At one point early last spring, Albany was outpacing all but three cities across the United States for coronavirus infections per capita. Now, the south Georgia city is home to one of four state-supported mass vaccination sites.
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Hit hard by COVID early, Albany gets mass vaccination site
BY ADRIENNE UNDERWOOD, The Ledger-Enquirer
Feb. 28, 2021
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ALBANY, Ga. (AP) At one point early in the pandemic, Albany, Georgia was outpacing all but three cities across United States for coronavirus infections per capita. Now, the south Georgia city is home to one of four state-supported mass vaccination sites.
Many people in Albany were touched by coronavirus early on, but the city has made major strides since March’s tragedies. Thousands of people will be able to receive vaccinations in Albany’s Dougherty County starting Monday, Feb. 22, when the state’s four sites will open.
Phoebe facilities prepare for coronavirus vaccine
Phoebe facilities prepare for coronavirus vaccine By Bobby Poitevint | December 16, 2020 at 11:28 PM EST - Updated December 17 at 12:06 AM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany believes it will start vaccinating employees for the COVID-19 virus on Thursday.
Phoebe’s facilities in Worth and Sumter counties are on the list to get the vaccine as well.
Phoebe Putney Health System CEO Scott Steiner said all of their facilities, including those in Worth and Sumter counties, can distribute the highly anticipated Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine once it arrives. Scott Steiner (Source: WALB)
“We’re ready to go right now,” said Steiner. “We’ve been given no guarantees with what we’ve ordered is arriving but we have reason to believe we’re going to get that 1,000 for Worth and 5,000 for Dougherty County and then just a day or two behind that, we believe we’ll get the same 2,000 thousand for Sumter.