On Aug. 18, Cullman Regional released the following update:
Cullman County is in the High Risk Category for overall level of community transmission.
Cullman Regional Current Situation
- 53 COVID positive patients and 12 on a ventilator
- Continue to be vigilant in mask wearing and social distancing. Everyone should continue to follow precautions to prevent the spread of infection – wash hands, socially distance and wear a mask when you cannot social distance.
Vaccine Administrations:
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today booster shots for all Americans will be available beginning the week of September 20. The announcement also stated booster shots would be available to fully vaccinated individuals 8 months after their second dose.
Cullman Regional has created an online scheduling system so that patients can self-schedule for a vaccine appointment.
Appointments are available by visiting: https://cullmanregional.com/cullman-regional-vaccination-clinics/?swcfpc=1.
- Vaccines are available by appointment only. Appointment Dates/Times are only released five days prior to vaccine clinic days to make sure we have plenty of vaccines to administer for all appointments created. If no appointments are available, please check back the following day for more appointment openings.
- The Vaccine Clinic is located at the Cullman Regional Urgent Care Center (1958 AL Hwy 157, Cullman, AL 35058).
Additional Community Locations Providing Vaccines
Moderna:
- Borden Family Pharmacy
- CVS – North Cullman
- Heritage Pharmacy – Dodge City
- Heritage Pharmacy of Cullman
- McSwain’s Pharmacy
- Medical Arts Apothecary
- Publix
- Specialty Pharmacy
- Village Discount
- Wal-Mart – Hwy 157
- Wal-Mart – South
Pfizer:
- CVS – Hanceville
- CVS – South Cullman
- Walgreens – North Cullman
- Walgreens – South Cullman
Johnson & Johnson:
- McSwain’s Pharmacy
- Medical Arts Apothecary
- Specialty Pharmacy
- Village Discount
Visiting Cullman Regional:
As a reminder, Cullman Regional upholds visitation restrictions in accordance with CDC guidelines.
These restrictions include:
- All visitors must check-in and complete a temperature check at the front desk
- Masks are required for employees and visitors regardless of vaccination status
- Only one visitor is allowed per adult (16 or older) patient in all hospital departments except the Emergency Department*. (Two visitors allowed per minor patient ages 15 or younger)
- COVID-19 positive patients will not be allowed to have visitors
- All visitors must be over the age of 16
Please remember that visitor hours are from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily.
Visitors to the Cullman Regional Medical Group Clinics must wear a mask regardless of vaccination status and only one visitor is allowed per patient; or two visitors per minor under the age of 16.
*Emergency Department Restrictions
- Due to the influx of COVID positive cases and out of an abundance of caution, no visitors are allowed in the Emergency Department. Limited exceptions will be made on a case-by-case basis. In those limited exceptions, we will only allow (one) visitor/caregiver who will not be allowed to rotate with any other visitor during the patient’s stay in the Emergency Department to limit unnecessary exposures.
We appreciate your compliance with these regulations to keep our staff, patients and families safe.
Stay up to date on all of the information by following us on Social Media: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter or visit https://cullmanregional.com/coronavirus-2/ for more information.
