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Board of Health Announces Indigenous Peoples’ Day Hours

DECATUR, Ga. – In celebration of the Indigenous Peoples’ Day holiday, the DeKalb County Board of Health’s offices and regional health centers will be closed on Monday, however, COVID-19 testing and COVID-19 vaccine will be available for community members.

COVID-19 testing in the parking lot of Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church and the North DeKalb Health Center is available Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., and will be unaffected by the holiday.

COVID-19 vaccine will be available through CORE, in the parking lot of the North DeKalb Health Center on Monday, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Registration is required. To register, visit https://curogram.com/registrations/605cf450576bb06751eb4f29.

Locations will operate with the following hours:

 DoravilleMARTA Station Vaccination SiteGreater Piney Grove Baptist Church
COVID-19 Testing
(Parking Lot)
North DeKalb
Health Center COVID-19 Testing and COVID-19 Vaccination
(Parking Lot)
Board of Health
COVID-19
Call Center
Board of Health Offices and Regional Health Centers
Monday, Oct. 11CLOSED(regularly scheduled)9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.9:00 a.m. – noonCLOSED

Registration is required for COVID-19 testing. To register for a COVID-19 testing appointment at Greater Piney Grove or North DeKalb, visit dekalbpublichealth.com/covid-19-testings/. A driver’s license or identification card is not required.  In the event that an appointment is not available with the Board of Health, this webpage also provides additional COVID-19 testing options in the county.

For more information and answers to frequently asked questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, visit dph.georgia.gov/covid-vaccine or call 888-357-0169.

AIR QUALITY UPDATE 

Current weather models show that winds will begin to shift
from the east to the west after sunset on Wednesday.

Smoke from the BioLab facility fire in Rockdale County is predicted to settle towards the ground as it moves toward Atlanta. There is a high likelihood that people across Metro Atlanta will wake up on Thursday morning seeing haze and smelling chlorine.

For more information about health precautions, click here.

last updated 10/2/2024 at 5:45 p.m.

Warning SERVICE ALERT UPDATE Warning

DeKalb Public Health will resume normal operations
for all health centers and services at 8:15 a.m.,
on Monday, September 30.

SERVICE ALERT 

Due to today’s worldwide cybersecurity outage, some services have been impacted.

  • You may experience delays reaching our Call Center, which handles health center appointments.
  • WIC benefit issuance is unavailable at this time. However, eWIC cards can still be used at authorized WIC vendors.


This outage has not only affected DeKalb Public Health, but other government and business services, in Georgia, throughout the nation and internationally.

We apologize for the inconvenience and greatly appreciate your patience, as we work with our partners to fully restore systems.

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SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, November 11th, in observance of the Veterans Day holiday.

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SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Monday, September 2, in observance of the holiday. Have a safe and healthy Labor Day! 

SERVICE ALERT

In observance of Juneteenth, all DeKalb Public Health centers will be closed on Wednesday, June 19th. #happyjuneteenth

SERVICE ALERT: Our health centers will be closed on Thursday, July 4th, in observance of the Federal Holiday. Have a safe and healthy Fourth of July!