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Medical workers in protection suits take a rest after conducting COVID tests for residents near a commercial office complex on Thursdays, May 12, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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WHO: COVID-19 falling everywhere, except Americas and Africa
Owner Derek Chapman holds two antivirals at his Hapeville pharmacy, Chapman Drug, last February. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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COVID-19 treatment pills easy to find, but modestly used, in Georgia
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Coronavirus in Georgia: COVID-19 Dashboard
School supplies and health screenings will be offered at two events in Powder Springs on July 31. (Courtesy of Powder Springs)

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Mary Ann Neilsen holds her last Paxlovid pills while recovering from COVID-19 in Santa Barara, Calif., on Jan. 6, 2022. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times)

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January 4, 2022 Atlanta - Georgia Tech employee Donald Smith gets a sticker after he submitted his saliva sample for PCR COVID-19 test at Georgia Tech’s Economic Development Building on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

New COVID-19 subvariant emerges in Georgia, prompts surge in New York
In this January file photo, Georgia Tech students and employees get tested for COVID-19 at Georgia Tech’s Economic Development Building. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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COVID trends downward in Georgia. Will it stick this time?
Jatniel Hernandez fills syringes with COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic, on April 6, 2022, in San Rafael, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/TNS)

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New COVID-19 vaccines are in the works, but how much will they help?
Vaccines, while not perfect, will reduce the chances you could transmit the virus to someone who can’t afford to get it. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Owner Derek Chapman holds two antivirals at his Hapeville pharmacy, Chapman Drug, last February. (Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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January 4, 2022 Atlanta - Georgia Tech employee Donald Smith gets a sticker after he submitted his saliva sample for PCR COVID-19 test at Georgia Tech’s Economic Development Building on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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January 27, 2021 Elberton - Aerial photography shows Elberton Square in downtown Elberton on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Georgia has not opened COVID-19 vaccination to teachers yet, but a small school district east of Athens still managed to offer shots to any employee who wanted them. Elbert County Superintendent Jon Jarvis told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he sees his teachers, bus drivers and other employees as ÒessentialÓ personnel who should be prioritized for vaccination. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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July 2, 2020 Atlanta - Travelers wearing face masks make their way at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Thursday, July 2, 2020. As passenger traffic begins to increase for the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) officials hosted an informational media briefing to highlight new COVID-19 safety measures. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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In this file photo, Grady Hospital healthcare workers arrive for work. Grady reports, 99% of its staff is vaccinated. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Local hospitals begin enforcing medical worker vaccine mandates
January 25, 2022 Braselton - Registered nurse Jordan Davis puts on PPE before she enters to see her patient at the Intensive Care Unit of Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Braselton on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Inside a Georgia hospital’s ICU, medical staff wages war against omicron
At the Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s Braselton hospital, all 24 hospital beds in the intensive care unit are filled, 18 of them with COVID-19 patients. The hospital granted an AJC photographer access to the ICU to witness how COVID-19 is still battering hospital systems and health care workers. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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COVID-19 is causing the worst worker shortage in a generation in Georgia's nursing homes, and the shortages are sending waves of disruption throughout the state’s health system. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Nursing homes struggle as omicron depletes staff, sickens residents
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Georgia hospitals warn of ripple effects from COVID surge
People wait outside of the emergency room at Grady Memorial Hospital. Officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health stressed to the public that hospital emergency rooms should not be used to seek COVID-19 testing unless people are experiencing severe COVID-19 symptoms. Thursday, December 30, 2021. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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‘Overwhelming’ amount of data delays Georgia COVID-19 update
People wait outside of the emergency room at Grady Memorial Hospital. Officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health stressed to the public that hospital emergency rooms should not be used to seek COVID-19 testing unless people are experiencing severe COVID-19 symptoms. Thursday, December 30, 2021. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Shawn Kuhn, a University of Georgia senior, died Monday from complications from COVID-19. A family member said he was fully vaccinated for COVID-19. PHOTO CREDIT: Watson & Hunt Funeral Home.

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An Alabama man died of heart issues almost 200 miles from his home after he was turned away from more than 40 hospitals because their ICUs were full of COVID patients, according to reports.

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