Fulton County Providing Coronavirus Vaccine For Residents

FULTON COUNTY, GA — The Fulton County Board of Health is an enrolled COVID-19 vaccine provider and is providing the vaccine for the initial priority phases. Those include:

• Medical practitioners and staff
• First responders
• Adults age 65 and older (regardless of medical conditions) and their caregivers
• Healthcare personnel and long-term care facility staff and residents
• Healthcare personnel and long-term care facility
• Paid or unpaid people serving in healthcare settings who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients or infectious materials, including but not limited to:
• Staff in clinical settings (e.g. nurses, physicians, EMS, laboratory, environmental services, etc.)
• Long-term care facilities staff and residents

Residents 65 and older over who would like assistance with scheduling an appointment can call Fulton County Board of Health’s COVID-19 Hotline at 404-613-8150 or visit online.

First Responders who are interested in receiving a vaccination should complete the Medical Provider’s Form to schedule their appointment. The form is available at online.

Any questions or for more information can be found by calling the COVID-19 Hotline at 404-613-8150 from 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Questions can also be emailed to boh.communications@fultoncountyga.gov.

Georgia’s vaccine rollout is currently in Phase 1-A, which allows vaccination only of individuals listed in the groups above. The remaining rollout phases are as follows:

Phase 1-B

• People who play a key role in keeping essential functions of society running, including:
• Critical workforce employees (e.g., educational faculty and staff, court employees, nuclear power plant employees, air traffic controllers, food processing, grocery workers, transportation, etc.)

Phase 1-C

• Adults under 65 with comorbidities

Phase 2

• Individuals in homeless shelters
• Individuals in congregate settings (e.g. homeless shelters, dormitories, group homes)
• Individuals in jails, prisons, detention centers
• Other people living in congregate settings
• All adults between the ages of 41-64-years-old

Phase 3

• Workers in industries important to the functioning of society and at moderate risk of exposure as listed in executive orders (e.g. hairstylists, barbers, restaurants, etc.)
• Young adults between the ages of 16-39-years-old

Phase 4

• Everyone residing in Georgia for whom the vaccine is recommended not included in previous vaccination phases
• Children, once the vaccine is approved for pediatric use

The timing of Phases 1-B through 4 has not yet been announced.

For more information on Georgia’s COVID-19 Vaccine Plan, visit the Department of Public Health's website.

Related: Coronavirus Vaccine Locator Now Available For Georgians