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Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 7:02 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press and DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press
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Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 9:18 AM EDT
|By The Associated Press
The recall covers certain CR-Vs from 2007 through 2011 that were sold or registered in states where salt is used to clear roads in the winter.
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Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 5:06 AM EST
|By Sarah Winkelmann
Are you confused about how many COVID shots and boosters you have received and when you need more? You are not alone.
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Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 6:54 AM EST
|By Mariah Congedo
In December, the Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines were approved for kids as young as six months old.
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Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 5:30 PM EST
|By WTOC Staff
Health experts are watching out for a new coronavirus variant.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 1:54 PM EST
|By Camille Syed
COVID-19 cases have doubled in Chatham County since the beginning of December, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.
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Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 6:54 PM EST
|By Camille Syed
It may feel like every time you turn around, someone around you is getting sick.
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Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 5:50 PM EDT
|By Hayley Boland
A new COVID testing kiosk through the Coastal Health District is now available in Liberty County.
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Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 5:26 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
One health agency in our region is bringing home Covid-19 tests to an intersection near you.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 4:46 AM EDT
|By Sarah Winkelmann
The new bi-valent booster shots aimed at protection against the latest COVID variants have been available for one week in Chatham County.
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Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 4:04 PM EDT
|By WTOC Staff
There are now four locations in the Coastal Health District for free COVID-19 PCR testing 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 3:52 PM EDT
|By Shea Schrader
A new testing option opened today at Georgia Southern, at both the Statesboro and Savannah campuses.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 4:16 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
Covid-19 numbers have been dropping over the past few weeks, according to the Georgia Department of Health.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 3:46 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
The first of its kind, a booster vaccine targeting the Omicron Variant.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
Kids in Savannah-Chatham County Schools haven’t been in school for 3 weeks yet and COVID cases are already in the hundreds.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 4:56 PM EDT
|By Hayley Boland
While those new booster doses haven’t been approved in the United States just yet, Dr. Lawton Davis of the Coastal Health District says they’re already taking steps to preorder those doses for when they do get approved.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 6:35 AM EDT
|By Tyler Manion
Many schools in the Coastal Empire are wrapping up their first full week of school today.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 1:27 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now endorsing a fourth type of COVID vaccine.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 6:21 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
There are more than 50 people in Savannah hospitals with COVID-19 but a Memorial Health doctor says they’re more prepared to treat these patients then they were two years ago.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 5:33 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
COVID cases continue to fluctuate and some doctors say we’re still in a pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 4:03 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
Dr. Ben Spitalnick at Pediatric Associates of Savannah said they aren’t seeing enough kids coming to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 5:07 AM EDT
|By Sarah Winkelmann
Starting Monday morning, children under the age of 6 can get a COVID-19 vaccine through the Coastal Health District.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 6:18 AM EDT
|By Sarah Winkelmann
COVID cases in Chatham County have been on a slow decline over the past week, with a seven day moving average of 77 reported yesterday.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 5:03 AM EDT
|By Sarah Winkelmann
Over the course of the pandemic, we’ve seen COVID case numbers typically increase after holidays.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 4:51 PM EDT
|By Sean Evans
Leaders at Memorial Health in Savannah say they are seeing an uptick in COVID-related hospitalizations.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 5:31 PM EDT
|By LINDSEY TANNER
Vaccinations could begin as early as Monday or Tuesday.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 5:10 AM EDT
|By Sarah Winkelmann
People of all ages are still testing positive for the Coronavirus and its newest variants.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 6:18 AM EDT
|By Sarah Winkelmann
With school out and families going on their summer vacations, the Coastal Health District wants to remind you that COVID is not gone.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 4:11 PM EDT
|By Hayley Boland
Memorial Day will be here before we know it, which means the summer tourism season is getting closer! However, health experts say there’s still some things to keep in mind when it comes to COVID safety this summer.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 5:10 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Dozens of cheerful volunteers will return next week to Statesboro’s East Georgia Regional Medical Center.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 8:35 PM EDT
|By WTOC Staff
Evans Memorial Hospital reinstated their masking policy Wednesday.
Small Business Recovery Program will provide financial assistance to businesses impacted by Covid-19
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 8:17 PM EDT
|By WTOC Staff
The City of Savannah’s Small Business Recovery Program is providing financial assistance to small businesses impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
It may be a lot easier for those going to large events to get tested for COVID 19.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 6:05 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
A Memorial Health doctor is concerned that dropping the mask requirement on public transportation compromises high risk people especially people riding the bus.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2022 at 4:51 AM EDT
|By Sarah Winkelmann
Masks optional - that is now the message for most major airlines and transportation hubs.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 4:17 PM EDT
|By Sam Bauman and Sarah Winkelmann
Those coming and going from Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport Tuesday were still getting used to not needing a mask.“It feels naked,” joked Suzanne Davis.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 5:33 AM EDT
|By Paige Phillips
Monday, a federal judge in Florida struck down a national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 5:30 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) announced the mandate will be extended until May 3rd.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2022 at 6:02 PM EDT
|By Flynn Snyder
Federal funding that reimburses health providers for testing uninsured people for COVID-19 is set to run out. That means those without insurance could have to pay out of pocket if they want to be tested or get a vaccine.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 at 6:13 PM EDT
|By Flynn Snyder
Doctors and nurses at Evans Memorial Hospital are celebrating a Covid-19 milestone.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 at 4:19 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
The emergency room at Memorial Health was once packed with COVID-19 patients, but the major decline in cases gives ER doctors a sigh of relief for Memorial Health.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 4:53 PM EDT
|By WTOC Staff
For the first time in 734 days, there are no active COVID-19 patients at Memorial Health.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 11:36 AM EDT
|By WTOC Staff
Health facilities in the St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System have lifted all visitor restrictions due to the decrease in COVID cases in the community.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2022 at 6:27 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
According to officials, declaring the state of emergency for a health crisis in 2020 was a very rare occasion.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2022 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
Chatham County Health Officials are monitoring a new COVID variant that’s spreading in other countries.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 6:02 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
Public safety leaders in Bulloch County say they’re encouraged by what they see, and don’t see, in the latest COVID case numbers.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 4:49 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
Lives has changed for many since the beginning of the pandemic and health officials are reflecting, looking back at what it's been like for the past two years since the first Covid 19 case was reported and there have been tens of thousands cases reported since.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 4:16 PM EDT
|By Tyler Manion
A few months ago, Hampton County’s one and only hospital was in the fight of its life with COVID patients pushing capacity limits and staff stretched thin. Hospital leaders say they’re in a much better spot now.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 8:18 PM EDT
|By Dal Cannady
East Georgia Regional’s latest adjustment for the number of visitors per patient is, as they say, a reflection of the current downward trend in COVID patients at the hospital and of COVID cases in the community.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 5:30 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
Some COVID-19 testing operations will be changing in Chatham County.