RINGGOLD _ Catoosa County Government has launched a COVID-19 Vaccine Hotline in partnership with the Georgia Department of Public Health (GADPH). Beginning Tuesday, January 26, Catoosa County residents can call 423-800-8004 and provide basic contact information so that they can be scheduled for appointments to receive COVD-19 vaccinations.

The Ringgold Telephone Company is providing 15 phone lines, equipment and support dedicated to the Catoosa County COVID-19 Vaccine Hotline call center at the Catoosa County Colonnade. Catoosa County Government and Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce employees will staff the call center Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. until further notice. 

The Catoosa County Health Department, an affiliate of the Georgia Department of Public Health, will continue to take calls through its phone line at (706) 406-2022 from residents who wish to sign up for COVID-19 vaccines as well as other routine Health Department business. More information from GADPH is available at https://nwgapublichealth.org/ and https://dph.georgia.gov/.

Supplies of COVID-19 vaccine remain limited throughout the region. COVID-19 vaccinations are currently only available by appointment to residents 65 years old and up, health care workers and first responders.

For more information contact John Pless, Catoosa County Public Information Officer, at  john.pless@catoosa.com or (423) 779-4069.