Georgia Leaders Face Calls to Expand Vaccine Access, but Say Supply Limited

Wednesday, February 17th, 2021

Georgia leaders grappled Monday with the growing demands to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility while addressing vaccine hesitancy among workers in the state’s poultry industry.

Meeting with Hispanic business and community leaders in Gainesville, Gov. Brian Kemp said that vaccine shipments from the federal government will remain at the current levels of about 154,000 doses a week for the next few weeks. That will limit the state’s ability to expand the list of groups eligible to get vaccinated, he said.
 
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