Bethel AME Church to host vaccine clinic

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January 19, 2022

State agencies, local governments and local schools could not require Georgians to get a COVID-19 vaccination to receive government services or access government facilities under legislation that cleared the state House of Representatives Tuesday.
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By Carlton Fletcher
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@albanyherald.com

ALBANY — A vaccination clinic, sponsored by Bethel AME Church and the Albany (GA) Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. in partnership with Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, has been scheduled Saturday at Bethel AME Church.

Vaccines administered include Pfizer and Moderna boosters; Pfizer first and second vaccines; and Pfizer for children ages 5 and up. The vaccines will be supplied and administered by Phoebe from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church, located at 217 S. Washington St., across from the Albany Civic Center.

A $20 gift card will be given to the first 25 newcomers.

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The state Senate has passed legislation that would prohibit government agencies from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination to access government facilities or services.

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Carlton Fletcher

Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.

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Bethel AME Church to host vaccine clinic

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