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Macon County Public Health Needs More Staff To Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine


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In order to meet the demand for vaccinating residents, Macon County is cutting back on contact tracing. On Monday, Macon County Public Health department announced it would no longer issue press releases about COVID-19 clusters in order to move three nurses from contract tracing duties to COVID-19 testing and vaccinations. “If you could double my staff then I could vaccinate all week long and test all week long.” That’s Kathy McGaha, director of Macon Public Health. Right now, the department only
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