The state on Monday officially opened vaccine eligibility to a huge new slice of Georgians —those 65 and older — and launched a .But the Georgia Department of Public Health website led to busy phone numbers, wrong numbers and crashed web forms. And the deluge of people caught in the maze did not know where to turn.“At least update the recording or the website, let us know the number’s down, you’re working on it,” pleaded Jana McNerney of Dahlonega, who has lost friends to COVID-19 and tried five phone numbers for Lumpkin County’s health office in vain Monday. “Just you know, give us some...…The state on Monday officially opened vaccine eligibility to a huge new slice of Georgians —those 65 and older — and launched a .But the Georgia Department of Public Health website led to busy phone numbers, wrong numbers and crashed web forms. And the deluge of people caught in the maze did not know where to turn.“At least update the recording or the website, let us know the number’s down, you’re working on it,” pleaded Jana McNerney of Dahlonega, who has lost friends to COVID-19 and tried five phone numbers for Lumpkin County’s health office in vain Monday. “Just you know, give us some...WW…

Georgia is experiencing its third wave of the coronavirus, and the latest surge has surpassed the previous ones in both confirmed infections and hospitalizations.COVID-19 cases are , testing them in every way. Hospital officials say that they are already forced to decide which patients receive scarce resources. But those decisions could become more grave with projections showing that hospitalizations will continue to climb in the weeks ahead.State officials decided to reopen a field hospital at the Georgia World Congress Center.Meanwhile, doses of the coronavirus vaccines started to arrive...…Georgia is experiencing its third wave of the coronavirus, and the latest surge has surpassed the previous ones in both confirmed infections and hospitalizations.COVID-19 cases are , testing them in every way. Hospital officials say that they are already forced to decide which patients receive scarce resources. But those decisions could become more grave with projections showing that hospitalizations will continue to climb in the weeks ahead.State officials decided to reopen a field hospital at the Georgia World Congress Center.Meanwhile, doses of the coronavirus vaccines started to arrive...WW…