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Mercedes-Benz Stadium has partnered with Fulton County Board of Health to be a distribution center for the COVID-19 vaccine. Distribution of the vaccine began Monday, January 4, 2021 for the Phase 1 rollout to include medical practitioners, front line workers and first responders with more than 4,000 served in the first week. As of January 11, the offering has been expanded to 65+ per Fulton County and state guidelines. The partnership will currently run through March with the option of extending the partnership as needed. We are very proud to partner with Fulton County Board of Health to offer Mercedes-Benz Stadium to host vaccine distribution, says Steve Cannon, CEO, AMB Sports and Entertainment. This is a time for our communities to unite together and do what s right for our citizens. Mercedes-Benz Stadium offers the opportunity to socially distance while servicing large numbers of people at once. We are honore
The Fulton County Board of Health is planning to transition into a Georgia entity as part of a state mandate dating back to 2016.
House Bill 885, which was approved by the state Legislature in April of that year, repeals an existing law that created boards of health in all 159 Georgia counties. It calls for each countyâs board of health to transfer into a state body instead. Fultonâs board of health is making that transition but first wanted to ensure its staff would not lose anything in the process.
âAll staff with the board of health will be accepted by the state, at their salaries, with no loss of salaries, with the same job titles and same benefits,â Robb Pitts, the Fulton Board of Commissionersâ chair, said, adding some county facilities may also transfer to state use as part of the transition.