First Day Of Drive-In Regeneron Treatments A Success

Personnel take shelter from the hot afternoon sun under a tent at the Regeneron treatment drive-in clinic on Friday afternoon.

Thanks to some outstanding work by City of Dalton firefighters, staff, and volunteers on an oppressively hot afternoon, the first day of the City of Dalton’s new Regeneron treatment drive-in clinic was a success on Friday. The City was able to help about 60 people receive Regeneron’s REGEN-COV monoclonal antibody treatment for early diagnosed COVID-19 cases.

The monoclonal antibody treatment is intended for treatment of patients within approximately the first 7 days of developing illness or testing positive for COVID-19. The treatment is most effective the earlier you take it during your illness.

Mayor David Pennington visited the site Friday afternoon and praised City Councilmember Annalee Harlan’s efforts to bring the Regeneron drive-in clinic to Dalton.

“Annalee has been working for several weeks with the fire department and the health department and the state to bring this to Dalton,” Pennington said. “I think it’s a great service to the community to try to keep people from getting seriously ill and stay out of the hospital. And I also hope that people will also realize that this isn’t a substitute for being vaccinated, everyone needs to get vaccinated. “

Councilmember Annalee Harlan speaks to a reporter after performing Regeneron injections for patients

The treatment site is in the upper right hand gravel parking lot at the Dalton Convention Center at 2211 Tony Ingle Parkway. The site is fully self-contained with air conditioned restroom facilities for both patients and a separate facility for staff, so no patients are ever inside of the Convention Center building or in other areas of the campus.

Above: An air conditioned trailer on loan from the elite Georgia Smoke Divers firefighters group; an aerial view of the treatment clinic

All of the appointments for Saturday’s treatment time slots have been filled, but appointments for Sunday’s treatment opportunities will be posted soon. Keep checking back to the appointment information site at this link for the latest information and to sign up online. 

The City of Dalton thanks all of the personnel who stood out in oppressive summer heat in full protective gear to treat patients.
 

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