Georgia clinics that serve uninsured are offering the new COVID vaccines

As Georgia public health clinics hold off on the new COVID vaccines, federally qualified health centers, which serve the uninsured, are providing prescriptions and shots. (Courtesy of CDC)

As retail pharmacies and many health clinics and doctors’ offices await federal guidance on who should get the new COVID vaccine, federally qualified health centers, which serve the uninsured, are offering the shots in Georgia.

Dr. Theresa Jacobs, clinical director for the Georgia Primary Care Association, which represents 34 FQHCs across the state, said they will write prescriptions for people to get the shots at pharmacies or provide the vaccine on-site.

Some clinics in the network have the shots in stock, while others do not.