Moderna Booster Doses Now Available at All District 2 Health Departments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GAINESVILLE – Booster vaccine doses for the Moderna and Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines have been approved for specific groups of fully vaccinated individuals. Although the booster dose is not required, it will help fully vaccinated people Continue reading Moderna Booster Doses Now Available at All District 2 Health Departments

District 2 Partners with LaRaza 102.3 for their Community Affairs Segment

We partnered with LaRaza and Aurelio for their Community Affairs Show to educate and inform our Hispanic Communities about our Breast and Cervical Cancer program and the importance of breast screenings.

Covid-19 Weekly Update – 10.04.2021

BanksCases (last 2 weeks): 105Cases Per 100k (last 2 weeks): 525Positive PCR Tests (last 2 weeks): 18.4%Vaccines Administered: 11,261One Dose: 6,120 (33% of residents)Fully: 5,382 (29% of residents)Deaths (Duration of COVID): 53Overall Hospitalizations (March 2020-October 01, 2021): 264 DawsonCases (last Continue reading Covid-19 Weekly Update – 10.04.2021

Covid-19 Vaccine Administration Will Be Moving Off-Site At Some District 2 Health Departments On September 20

GAINESVILLE – In anticipation of the upcoming flu season and to prepare for the approval of the COVID-19 booster dose for the general population, District 2 Health Departments will be re-opening some of its off-site COVID-19 mass vaccination sites. Approval Continue reading Covid-19 Vaccine Administration Will Be Moving Off-Site At Some District 2 Health Departments On September 20

Additional Covid-19 Dose for the Immunocompromised

Georgia Department of Public Health has issued guidance in providing additional COVID-19 doses. Based on the guidance District 2 Public Health has received, we will begin working with our health departments to administer the additional dose to immunocompromised individuals as Continue reading Additional Covid-19 Dose for the Immunocompromised