Dade County Health Department

The Catoosa County Health Department has discontinued COVID-19 testing to devote all possible resources to COVID-19 immunization efforts. Free COVID-19 testing remains available to Catoosa County residents in both Dade and Walker counties. Visit nwgapublichealth.org or your local county health department’s Facebook page for COVID-19 testing information.

For the phone number of your local county health department, please go to nwgapublichealth.org and click on the name of your county at the top of the page.

Schedule for free drive-up COVID-19 testing in Northwest Georgia: week of 12/14/20.

The Voccio Viewpoint for 1/8/21: Dr. Gary Voccio, health director for the ten-county Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District, gives us his... first COVID-19 update of the new year (it's not good) and talks about COVID-19 vaccine and immunization availability in Northwest Georgia. See more

The Voccio Viewpoint for 12/10/20: Dr. Gary Voccio, health director for the ten-county Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District, gives us h...is candid assessment of where we are with COVID-19 in Northwest Georgia the second week of December. He reviews the new CDC guidance on quarantine (see graphic in comments), updates us on the pending vaccine rollout, talks about the safety of the vaccine, and updates us on flu season. See more

While a 14-day quarantine is still the best way to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19, two alternatives now make it easier for people to take this critical action.

Have You Heard that COVID-19 Vaccines are coming to Georgia? FACT: COVID-19 Vaccines will be in Georgia soon. We are working to get vaccines to front line healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities first. https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-vaccine

COVID-19 mRNA vaccines teach our cells how to make a piece of a protein to trigger an immune response and build immunity to the virus that causes COVID-19. mRNA... does not affect or interact with a person’s DNA, and the cell breaks down and gets rid of the mRNA as soon as it is finished using these instructions. Learn about mRNA vaccines and how they work: https://bit.ly/39KeCPK.

If your #household includes one or more people who are more likely to get very sick from #COVID-19 then all household members should act as if they are more likely to get very sick. Learn how to Protect your Home from COVID-19 https://www.cdc.gov//prevent-gettin/protect-your-home.html

The Voccio Viewpoint for 12/4/20: Dr. Gary Voccio, health director for the ten-county Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District, gives us hi...s frank assessment of where we are with COVID-19 in Northwest Georgia this first week of December. He explains the new CDC guidance, just announced this week, on quarantine and also gives us an update on the coming vaccine rollout. See more

We're all tired of #COVID19, but the fact is: COVID-19 is not tired of us. This pandemic isn't over & cases are still rising across the U.S. Slow the spread: #WearAMask over your mouth AND nose. Stay 6ft from others. Wash your hands. Stay home if you can. http://bit.ly/3bGvO6p

The Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District has revised its schedule for free drive-up COVID-19 testing in Northwest Georgia. This is the new schedule for the week of 11/30/20.

The Voccio Viewpoint for 11/25/20: Dr. Gary Voccio, health director for the ten-county Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District, gives us h...is frank assessment of where we are with COVID-19 in Northwest Georgia on the day before Thanksgiving. He also expresses his concerns about continued high case rates and positivity rates in Northwest Georgia, reminds us when we should get tested if we think -- or know -- we’ve been exposed to the virus, forecasts what he believes we’ll see after the Thanksgiving holiday, and more. See more