'This is much needed': Mass vaccination site opens on Savannah's southside

A third mass vaccination site is officially in Savannah. They’re at Gulfstream, the Savannah Civic Center, and now the Georgia Southern Armstrong campus.

A third mass vaccination site is officially in Savannah. They’re at Gulfstream, the Savannah Civic Center, and now the Georgia Southern Armstrong campus.

THE J&J VACCINE. SALLY KIDD WJCL 22 NEWS. NEW TONIGHT -- ANOTHER MASS VACCINATION SITE IS OPEN IN SAVANNAH. WE MADE THIS MAP TO SHOW YOU ALL THREE LOCATIONS IN CHATHAM COUNTY - - GULFSTREAM -- THE SAVANNAH CIVIC CENTER -- AND THE NEWEST LOCATION... GEORGIA SOUTHERN'S ARMSTRONG CAMPUS OUR EMMA HAMILTON IS LIVE TONIGHT... FROM THA NEW SITE, EMMA... THIS IS HUGE FOR FOLKS ON THE SOUTHSIDE. JUST ABOUT EVERY CORNER OF SAVANNAH IS NOW COVERE WITH A MASS VACCINATION SITE WITH THIS ONE HERE AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN'S ARMSTRONG CAMPUS OPENING TODAY ... WHICH IS WHY LOCAL LEADERS SAY THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR PEOPLE TO NOT GET THE SHOT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS NEW SITE IS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE ON THE SOUTHSIDE TO GET VACCINATED AND HOPEFULLY ENCOURAGE COLLEGE KIDS TO ALSO GET VACCINATED. BOTH SAVANNAH MAYOR VAN JOHNSON AND CHATHAM COUNTY CHAIRMAN CHESTER ELLIS SAY WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT THAT MOR PEOPLE NEED TO GET VACCINATED IN THE COMMUNITY BEFORE THEY EVEN THINK ABOUT RELAXING ANY RESTRICTIONS. JOHN MARRERO/ SOUTHCOAST HEALTH CEO TRT 00:16 SINCE WE BEGUN VACCINATING THIS COMMUNITY, WE HAVE REALLY SEEN A MATERIAL REDUCTION IN THE TRANSMISSION RATE OF COVID. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN A REAL SIZEABLE REDUCTION IN HOSPITALIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, WE AR WINNING THE BATTLE, BUT WE NEED TO WIN THE WAR. SOUTHCOAST HEALTH WILL BE VACCINATING PEOPLE HERE ON CAMPUS TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM NINE IN THE MORNING UNTIL FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE ARMSTRONG CENTER ATRIUM. EMMA, TWO QUESTIONS, ONE, DO YOU NEED AN APPOINTMENT TO GET THE SHOT? TWO, DO YOU NEED T LIVE ON THE SOUTHSIDE TO GET THE SHOT THERE? YOU DO NEED AN APPOINTMENT AND YOU CAN MAKE ONE ONLINE AT THE LINK WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE AND ANYONE IS ABLE TO GET VACCINATED AT THIS SITE ... NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. BACK TO

'This is much needed': Mass vaccination site opens on Savannah's southside

A third mass vaccination site is officially in Savannah. They’re at Gulfstream, the Savannah Civic Center, and now the Georgia Southern Armstrong campus.

A third mass vaccination site is officially in Savannah. They’re at Gulfstream, the Savannah Civic Center, and now the Georgia Southern Armstrong campus. In the race to get everyone vaccinated, local leaders say the new site makes a mass vaccination site accessible to everyone in Savannah."We want to make sure all areas of Savannah are covered from the north to the south to the east to the west," Savannah District Six Alderman, Kurtis Purtee said.The new site on Savannah’s Southside puts a mass vaccination site in everyone’s neighborhood.Purtee said, "this is much needed. A lot of times folks on the Southside think that we are kind of the forgotten folks on savannah being that we are so far removed from downtown but this is all about accessibility and opportunity.""This site makes it even easier for folks on the Southside just like the downtown site makes it easier. Folks can run during their lunchtime and get it. It’s the collaboration that causes Chatham County to be strong," Chatham County Chairman Chester Ellis said.The site is a partnership between Georgia Southern University, Gulfstream, Southcoast Health, Chatham County, the City of Savannah, and many others. By spreading the vaccination sites out across the county, local leaders say there’s no excuse for people to not get the shot. "Our way out of this is to be vaccinated. We especially need our young people our younger people to take advantage of this opportunity to get a covid shot," Savannah Mayor Van Johnson said. Anyone is able to get vaccinated at this site on Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.You do need an appointment, to make one, click here.

SAVANNAH, Ga. —

A third mass vaccination site is officially in Savannah.

They’re at Gulfstream, the Savannah Civic Center, and now the Georgia Southern Armstrong campus.

In the race to get everyone vaccinated, local leaders say the new site makes a mass vaccination site accessible to everyone in Savannah.

"We want to make sure all areas of Savannah are covered from the north to the south to the east to the west," Savannah District Six Alderman, Kurtis Purtee said.

The new site on Savannah’s Southside puts a mass vaccination site in everyone’s neighborhood.

Purtee said, "this is much needed. A lot of times folks on the Southside think that we are kind of the forgotten folks on savannah being that we are so far removed from downtown but this is all about accessibility and opportunity."

"This site makes it even easier for folks on the Southside just like the downtown site makes it easier. Folks can run during their lunchtime and get it. It’s the collaboration that causes Chatham County to be strong," Chatham County Chairman Chester Ellis said.

The site is a partnership between Georgia Southern University, Gulfstream, Southcoast Health, Chatham County, the City of Savannah, and many others.

By spreading the vaccination sites out across the county, local leaders say there’s no excuse for people to not get the shot.

"Our way out of this is to be vaccinated. We especially need our young people our younger people to take advantage of this opportunity to get a covid shot," Savannah Mayor Van Johnson said.

Anyone is able to get vaccinated at this site on Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

You do need an appointment, to make one, click here.

BREAKING: @GeorgiaSouthern is partnering with @GulfstreamAero to open a mass vaccination site on the Armstrong Campus on Savannah’s Southside. The site with administer the @pfizer vaccine. More tonight on @WJCLNews.
— Emma Hamilton WJCL (@EmmaHamiltonTV) April 13, 2021

'This is much needed': Mass vaccination site opens on Savannah's southside

A third mass vaccination site is officially in Savannah. They’re at Gulfstream, the Savannah Civic Center, and now the Georgia Southern Armstrong campus.

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