Children six months and older will be able to get their COVID-19 vaccine in Chatham County beginning Monday, July 11, according to the Coastal Health District.
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.
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.
Health systems across the country had been overwhelmed with COVID cases in emergency rooms and ICU’s. Now, there is good news out of one Lowcountry hospital.
Health experts say the Omicron surge does appear to be on the decline and cases and hospitalizations are as well, but they are keeping a close eye on a new sub-variant of Omicron.
J.C. Lewis Primary Health Care Center, Healthy Savannah/YMCA of Coastal Georgia, and the Georgia Department of Health Coastal Health District will be hosting a Valentine’s Vaccination Event.
As cases began to rise toward the beginning of the omicron surge, the Biden administration promised millions of masks and at-home COVID tests for people across the country.
The busy holiday season is weeks behind us, but some local pharmacists say they’re still seeing a steady increase of people getting tested for COVID-19 or vaccinated against it.