FEMA COVID-19 VACCINATION UPDATE
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210325/fema-covid-19-vaccination-update]


WASHINGTON -- Two community vacation centers capable of administering
up to 6,000 vaccine doses per day opened Wednesday at Mercedes-Benz
Stadium in Atlanta and Detroit's
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGDBRg42kWU] Ford Field. 

Acting FEMA Administrator Bob Fenton visited the Atlanta center
earlier this week.

“Our primary focus with this location here [at Mercedes-Benz
Stadium] is vaccine equity and to ensure that in the next weeks, any
local resident who wants a vaccination is able to receive one,”
Fenton said. “Vaccination centers like this one are how we will
accomplish this goal.”

Community vaccination centers are led by states, but may be supported
by the federal government, including FEMA. Each state determines its
own vaccination priority groups and procedures.

FEMA is committed to the equitable distribution of vaccines. Using
data from CDC’s social vulnerability index and population data from
the census, the agency continues working with  state partners to
locate community vaccination centers where they will be able to do the
most good for the most vulnerable populations and ensure everyone who
wants a vaccine gets one.

FEMA has now provided more than $4.42 BILLION or expenses related to
COVID-19 vaccination at 100% federal cost share. These funds cover
critical supplies, staffing, training and transportation needs
[https://www.fema.gov/blog/fema-expands-efforts-distribute-vaccinations]
that support increased vaccination efforts.

Wednesday, FEMA published the interim policy guidance
[https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_policy_covid-19_funeral_assistance-updated.pdf]
on the COVID-19 funeral assistance program
[https://www.fema.gov/disasters/coronavirus/economic/funeral-assistance].
The program will reimburse individuals for funeral expenses for deaths
attributed to COVID-19 that occurred after Jan. 20, 2020.

Find out where, when and how to get a vaccine in your community and
get more information from your local health department
[http://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/healthdirectories/index.html/]
and a list of places where adults can get a vaccine
[https://vaccinefinder.org/search/].

Visit FEMA.Gov for information on FEMA’s vaccination support efforts
[https://www.fema.gov/disasters/coronavirus/vaccine-support].

ACTING FEMA ADMINISTRATOR TOURS VACCINATION CENTER WITH GOVERNOR KEMP

 [Acting FEMA Administrator, Bob Fenton (left) and Georgia Gov., Brian
Kemp (center), engage in conversation as they pass a post-vaccination
monitoring area of the community vaccination center at Mercedes-Benz
Stadium during a tour of the newly expanded facility.] 
Atlanta -- Acting FEMA Administrator, Bob Fenton (left) and Georgia
Gov., Brian Kemp (center), engage in conversation as they pass a
post-vaccination monitoring area of the community vaccination center
at Mercedes-Benz Stadium during a tour of the newly expanded facility.

_FEMA photo by Johannes Webb_

ACTING FEMA ADMINISTRATOR VISITS ATLANTA VACCINATION CENTER

 [FEMA External Affairs Site Lead Shelli Holmes fist-bump greets
Acting FEMA Administrator Bob Fenton inside the Mercedes-Benz Stadium
community vaccination center.] 
Atlanta -- FEMA External Affairs Site Lead Shelli Holmes fist-bump
greets Acting FEMA Administrator Bob Fenton inside the Mercedes-Benz
Stadium community vaccination center.

_FEMA photo by Johannes Webb_

ACTING FEMA ADMINISTRATOR GREETS FULTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
SERVICES

 

 [Acting FEMA Administrator Bob Fenton fist-bump greets Matthew
Kallmyer of Fulton County Emergency Management Services during his
visit to the newly expanded community vaccination center at
Mercedes-Benz Stadium.] 
Atlanta -- Acting FEMA Administrator Bob Fenton fist-bump greets
Matthew Kallmyer of Fulton County Emergency Management Services during
his visit to the newly expanded community vaccination center at
Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

_FEMA photo by Johannes Webb_

VACCINATIONS BEGIN AT ATLANTA’S COMMUNITY VACCINATION CENTER

 [Sgt. Matthew Mattias, a combat medic assigned to to Fort Stewart,
Ga., prepares a syringe with the COVID vaccine before administering to
a patient in Atlanta’s community vaccination center at Mercedes-Benz
Stadium.] 
Atlanta -- Sgt. Matthew Mattias, a combat medic assigned to to Fort
Stewart, Ga.,  prepares a syringe with the COVID vaccine before
administering to a patient in Atlanta’s community vaccination center
at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

_U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Robert P Wormley III, 50th Public Affairs
Detachment_

 

 [U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Byrd, a combat medic assigned to Fort Stewart,
Ga., administers the COVID vaccine to a patient at the Atlanta
community vaccination center at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.] 
Atlanta -- U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Byrd, a combat medic assigned to Fort
Stewart, Ga.,  administers the COVID vaccine to a patient at the
Atlanta community vaccination center at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.​

_U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Robert P Wormley III, 50th Public Affairs
Detachment_

 [Spc. Ryan Miller administers the COVID vaccine to a patient at the
Atlanta community vaccination center at Mercedes- Benz Stadium.] 
Atlanta -- Spc. Ryan Miller administers the COVID vaccine to a patient
at the Atlanta community vaccination center at Mercedes- Benz Stadium.

_U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Robert P Wormley III, 50th Public Affairs
Detachment_