End of public health emergency won’t affect COVID vaccines, testing for now

COVID-19 tests and vaccines will continue to be offered for free in Georgia despite the ending of the federal public health emergency later this week, Dr. Kathleen Toomey, commissioner of the state Department of Public Health, said Tuesday. The public health emergency that took first effect in early 2020 will end on Thursday. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is ending the…