Cobb County expects to create a COVID-19 hotline during the first week of April so that people can schedule vaccination appointments and obtain information about vaccines.
Vaccinations became available to anyone in Georgia over the age of 16 on Thursday, and Cobb has plans to convert COVID testing sites to testing and vaccination sites, said Cobb and Douglas Health officials at Tuesday’s Cobb County Commission meeting.
“Now it is open season,” said Janet Memark, head of Cobb and Douglas Public Health. “Everybody that can get a vaccine is eligible.”
In March, commissioners approved $2 million for the call center to operate over a four-month period. Cobb and Douglas Health Deputy Director Lisa Crossman said at Tuesday’s meeting that the center comes at the perfect time.
“There should be lots of appointments opening up with more than 2,700 providers across the state,” Crossman said.
The hotline number won‘t be public until the center becomes operational, but appointments can still be made at https://www.cobbanddouglaspublichealth.com/.
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