Georgians aged 55 and older and those with certain health issues will be able to sign up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday.
Gov. Brian Kemp announced the expansion on Wednesday, citing figures showing that 92 percent of Georgians who’ve died from the virus have met those thresholds.
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities also will be eligible for the vaccine, although the Pfizer vaccine is the only one that’s been approved for them.
Parents of children with complex medical conditions who are at high-risk for COVID-19 also can sign up to receive the vaccine.
Those with the following medical conditions and who are over the age of 16 also will become eligible on Monday:
- Asthma
- Cancer
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Heart Conditions
- Immunocompromised State
- Liver Disease
- Neurologic Conditions
- Overweight and Obesity
- Pregnancy
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Thalassemia
Cobb and Douglas Public Health has set up an online booking appointment link for those and the others who’ve already been eligible for the vaccine: Health care workers, first responders, people age 65 and older and school teachers and staff.
You’ll be asked to fill out a questionnaire, as others in higher tiers have had to do. Appointments are necessary to receive a vaccine.
According to the Georgia Department of Public Health vaccine dashboard, more than 2.5 million vaccines have been administered in the state, 1.5 million of them first doses.
In Cobb County, there have been more than 150,000 vaccines distributed, with 87,000 of those being first doses.
Georgia DPH also has a COVID vaccine locator list of private providers, including grocery stores and pharmacies.
Citizens do not have to get a vaccine in their county of residence but they must be a Georgia resident.
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