Blair Caldwell
MMJ
Savannah, Ga.
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Getting back to full in-person learning was a big challenge for some schools, but the newest one is how to stay in school despite high community transmission of COVID-19.
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Some people are lining up at local urgent care offices to get a COVID test, be seen by medical professionals, and more.
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Health departments in the Coastal Health District will begin offering a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to individuals with certain immune conditions on Thursday, Aug. 19.
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Since schools have opened and students have returned, they have been impacted by the increase of COVID cases we’re seeing in our communities.
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We’ve learned the White House is expected to announce this week that anyone who received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine should get a booster shot eight months after their second dose.
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It’s a rare complication some doctors only read about, but for a local pediatrician, she lived it with her 12-year-old son.
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St. Joseph’s/Candler health facilities added new visitation guidelines on Monday that go into effect immediately.
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The director of the Coastal Health District (CHD) is watching and waiting to see what the decision is on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots.
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The Center for Disease Control has strengthened its recommendation for those who are pregnant to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Savannah-Chatham County Public School System students have been back in the classroom for a whole week as of Wednesday.
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The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System has released their first weekly update of positive COVID-19 cases and quarantines. The data was collected through Friday, August 6.
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While people going to the ER has increased, so has the number of hospitalizations. As the Delta variant continue to impact our community and we see cases of COVID-19 increase, doctors at the Dwain and Cynthia Willet Children’s Hospital of Savannah say they are seeing more pediatric patients.
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Leaders from major hospitals in Southeast Georgia came together Monday to give a true picture of what’s going on with the latest surge of COVID-19 cases.
This week marked a tie for the third highest total of COVID-19 patients in the hospital.
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As the Delta variant continues to spread and surge COVID cases, many are wondering if they need a booster shot.
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With a new school year comes new challenges. Challenges the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) is working to address.
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The $66 million ESPLOST project, the new Jenkins High School, broke ground in February of 2020.
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37,000 students put on their backpacks and grabbed their pencils for the first day back to school.
COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb at three hospitals in Savannah.
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Savannah State University has announced that students balances accrued from the Spring 2020 semester through the Summer 2021 semester will be cleared with federal funding from the CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.
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WTOC sat down with St. Joseph’s/Candler Health Systems CEO about what they are seeing in this new surge of COVID cases.
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It’s a vital reminder as students get ready for the start of school. Especially this year after all the changes because of the pandemic, it’s important to think about how you drive in school zones and neighborhoods.
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While the discussion of the delta variant is evolving, schools continue to prepare for the start of a new year.
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Dr. Lawton Davis says the delta variant is appearing as contagious as the chicken pox.
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Changes are coming to the Coastal Health District’s Mobile Vaccination Program.
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As families prepare supplies and uniforms for the start of school next week they also are getting their health screenings.
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As cases of COVID-19 continue to increase in Chatham County, Dr. Stephen Thacker, associate chief medical officer at Memorial Health, says people have a choice to make.
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March 13, 2020, was the last day Savannah-Chatham County Public School System students were inside a classroom for a full week.
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Students head back to school in a week but the school system doesn’t have enough bus drivers to get all the students there. The district has a priority system for assigning seats.
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The news that the mask mandate is being reinstated in Savannah took some businesses by surprise. Some said they didn’t know about the change while others were still figuring out what it means and how it will impact them.
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Classes officially start in less than two weeks, but Beach High School students are already back in the classroom.
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In Chatham County we have seen an increase in COVID-19 cases continue.
An alarming spike in new COVID-19 cases across the United States. The country has averaged more than 35,000 cases a day over the past week.
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Continued vaccine hesitancy, combined with the Delta variant continuing to spread, is sparking new urgency for everyone to get their shot.
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The rise in COVID-19 cases comes just two and three weeks before many students in our area will return to the classroom.
The rate of infection is increasing across the board in Chatham County. Not only is the community transmission index up 13 percent from Friday, but the percentage of positive tests and hospitalizations both jumped.
With the Delta COVID-19 variant being much more contagious, it has several people who are fully vaccinated concerned.
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Savannah Mayor Van Johnson said Friday COVID-19 case numbers in Savannah are trending in the wrong direction.
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The family of one Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) student said changes to busing are creating big issues with little time to solve them.
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Every year, thousands of Savannah-Chatham students count on the YMCA before and after school program.
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The Community Transmission Index (CTI), which is used to measure the number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days per 100,000 residents, is back in the red in Chatham County.
Three weeks from Wednesday, Savannah-Chatham students will return to the classroom five days a week.
The Savannah-Chatham School Board continues to battle struggles over bussing for the incoming school year.
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It’s a major concern all over the state and one official met to discuss here in Savannah Tuesday - gang violence.
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Tuesday would have been a busy day in Atlanta as they hosted the MLB All-Star festivities. But that all changed because of Georgia’s new controversial election law.
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Under new guidance, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says teachers and students who are fully vaccinated no longer must wear a mask inside school buildings.
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Hotspots of new COVID-19 cases are popping up while local vaccination rates remain low.
Big announcements Friday from the CDC. It’s relaxing some of its COVID-19 guidelines for schools.
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Pfizer said they are prepared and ready to move forward with a booster shot for their COVID-19 vaccine.
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In Savannah a big concern was street flooding due to rain from Tropical Storm Elsa.
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