Limited COVID vaccine appointments open at Jim Miller Park

Cobb and Douglas Public Health said Monday it has limited appointments available for COVID-19 vaccines for people age 65 and selected other groups.

Those include elderly caregivers, health care workers and first responders.

They’re in the Tier 1A+, the highest priority, and they must book an appointment online and show validation that they’re in an eligible group before getting a vaccination.

In Cobb, the vaccination site is at Jim Miller Park, and in Douglas County, it’s at Arbor Place Mall.

The agency hasn’t been booking new appointments for the last three weeks due to limited vaccine supplies, and had been vaccinating those who previously had made appointments.

Georgia residents who are eligible can go to any state public health vaccination site in the state, and search for other private providers (such as grocery stores and pharmacies) by clicking here.

The Georgia Department of Public Health recently launched a vaccine dashboard that shows how many people are getting vaccinated and other related data; it is updated daily at 3 p.m.

Thus far nearly 130,000 vaccinations have been administered in Cobb County, with most of those first doses.

More than 2 million vaccinations have been administered statewide, and last week Gov. Brian Kemp announced plans to add teachers and school staff to the eligible list.

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