HELP CLEAR UP THIS CONFUSION ALSO ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR THOSE WHO NEED A FIRST DOSE.
WHEN ONE MORE DOSES BE
AVAILABLE. AND WE’RE
VACCINATION SITES OPEN GOING TO
TALK TO HER.
MEANTIME GEORGIA GOVERNOR BRIAN
KEMP SAYS THE STATE’S HOSPITALS
ARE USING EMERGENCY CAPACITY AS
THEY SEE MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES
STATE REPORTED NEARLY 6,000 NEW
INFECTIONS THURSDAY, INCLUDING
85 IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO KIM SAYS THAT HE ISN’T A RELAXING RESTRICTIONS ON WHO CAN GET
VACCINATED BUT HE DOES PLAN TO
LAUNCH NEW VACCINATION SITES.
>> LOOKING AHEAD WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING FURTHER MASS VACCINATION SITES IN THE COMING
DAYS TO EXPAND OUR VACCINE
ADMINISTRATION EFFORTS GIVEN
THE INCREASED SUPPLY OF AN
ADDITIONAL 40,000 DOSES PER
WEEK AND THAT IS CERTAINLY
GOOD NEWS. BUT AGAIN OUR
OVERALL ALLOCATION REMAINS
UNCHANGED. FOR NOW THE MAN WILL
CONTINUE
TO FAR THEY EXCEED THE SUPPLY
OF THE VACCINE. WE HAVE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER BRITTANY MUELLER JOINS US LIVE NOW BRITTANY EARLIER
THIS MONTH, WE KNOW THAT THE
COASTAL HEALTH DISTRICT WHICH
SERVES OF COURSE,
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ANNOUNCED
THAT IT IS TEMPORARILY PAUSING
APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING TO GET
THE VACCINE. ANY WHEN IT WILL
GET MORE GIVEN WHAT WE HEARD
FROM THE GOVERNOR.
>> AT THIS POINT NO GOOD MORNING JEN THE COASTAL HEALTH DISTRICT SAYS IT CAUSE THOSE
APPOINTMENT BOOKINGS BECAUSE IT
NEEDS TO MAKE SURE IT HAS
ENOUGH VACCINES AND ENOUGH
STAFF TO ADMINISTER THOSE
VACCINES AND NO TELLING WHEN IT
WILL REOPEN. BUT OFFICIALS SAY HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE SOON IN THE MEANTIME IT’S CREATED THIS
WEB SITE AS YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN MORE APPOINTMENTS
DO BECOME AVAILABLE.
>> WITHIN A FEW SAYS THE
GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP EXPANDING
VACCINATIONS TO FIRST
RESPONDERS AND ANYONE 65 AND UP
IN GEORGIA THE SYSTEM WAS
OVERWHELMED. NANCY MALONEY AND
HER HUSBAND WERE LUCKY ENOUGH
TO GET THE SHOT BEFORE
APPOINTMENTS FILLED UP.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO GET BOTH
BOTH OF US
X UNAIDED BUT I MY HEART
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I’M SORRY
MARK GOES OUT TO THE PEOPLE
THAT CAN’T GET MALONEY SAYS SHE
AND HER HUSBAND ARE EXPECTED TO
GET THE SECOND SHOT ON FEBRUARY
11TH. I AM CONCERNED FOR US
THAT.
>> THE SECOND THOSE WON’T BE
AVAILABLE WHEN WE’RE SCHEDULED
FOR IT THE COASTAL HEALTH
DISTRICT SAYS THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS IN ALL 8 COUNTIES
THAT IT SERVES HAVE ENOUGH
REQUEST TO SCHEDULE
APPOINTMENTS
THROUGH FEBRUARY.
>> AND IN SOME CASES INTO MARCH
WE’VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT PUBLIC
HEALTH ITSELF DOES NOT HAVE IN
THE BRICK AND MORTAR
STRUCTURE OR THE PERSONNEL TO
VACCINATE EVERYONE IN THAT
CATEGORY AND SO SO WHAT WE’VE
COUNTED ON AS HAVING OTHER
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN ROLLED
TO THE VACCINE.
YOU KNOW PROVIDERS AS WELL
COASTAL HEALTH DISTRICT HEALTH
DIRECTOR DOCTOR LOT IN DAVIS
SAID THEY HAD TO STOP
MAKING APPOINTMENTS.
>> AND GAVE NO INDICATION WHEN
APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING
WILL REOPEN. HE DID ACKNOWLEDGE
PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE
THE PROCESS IS MOVING MORE
SLOWLY THAN THEY WOULD LIKE
BETWEEN ITS 2 SITES IN CAMDEN
AND ONE
IN GLYNN THE COASTAL HEALTH
DISTRICT SAYS PUBLIC HEALTH HAS
ADMINISTERED MORE THAN 3200
DOSES OVER AT THE SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEM, IT’S
OFFERING VACCINES IN BRUNSWICK
AND KING’S LYNN BASED ON
AVAILABILITY AND BY APPOINTMENT
ONLY SINCE JANUARY 11TH.
THE HEALTH SYSTEM SAYS IT’S
VACCINATED ABOUT 5200 PEOPLE.
AN ADDITIONAL 750 DOSES WILL BE
ADMINISTERED TODAY. PRESIDENT AND CEO MICHAEL SCHUR NEXT SAYS THEIR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE NO
LESS THAN 2500 VACCINES
PER WEEK AS LONG AS THEY
RECEIVE SUPPLIES. RIGHT NOW
WHEN YOU GO TO BOOK AN
APPOINTMENT ONLINE IT SAYS TO
CHECK BACK FOR
MORE TIMES PUBLIX IS ALSO
OFFERING THE VACCINE IT’S
CURRENTLY ONLY VACCINATING IN
CAMDEN COUNTY BUT THE WEBSITE
SHOWS IT’S ALSO FULLY BOOKED
UP.
>> AND TO HELP WITH THE VACCINATION ROLLOUT IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA, THE COASTAL
HEALTH DISTRICT IS ASKING FOR
VOLUNTEERS DOCTORS NURSES
PHARMACISTS AS WELL AS NON
MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS. YOU CAN
REGISTER ONLINE AND AS SOON AS
MORE APPOINTMENTS BECOME
AVAILABLE. WE POSTED THE PHONE
NUMBERS, THE LINKS ON WHERE YOU
COULD
DO SO RIGHT NOW ON NEWS 4 JAX