Gov. Brian Kemp notified the General Assembly Wednesday he is adding $100 million to this year’s state budget to deal with the impacts of coronavirus on Georgia. “The spread of coronavirus represents a significant threat to our state’s health network, financial well-being and, most importantly, the health and safety of our citizenry,” Kemp wrote in […]

Georgia now has six confirmed cases of coronavirus and 11 presumptive cases after five new presumptive cases were added Monday night. Earlier in the evening, one presumptive case — a South Korean traveller who went through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, tested negative. The Georgia Department of Public Health is awaiting confirmatory testing from the Centers for […]

A South Korean passenger who went through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and who received a “presumed positive” test for coronavirus has tested negative for the disease, according to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. This brings Georgia’s coronavirus totals to six confirmed cases and six presumptive cases. At a press conference earlier today, Kemp and Coronavirus Task Force […]

State officials said Monday that there are now six Georgians with confirmed cases of the new coronavirus and six others who are presumed to have the disease. Gov. Brian Kemp announced earlier Monday that the state is preparing Hard Labor Creek State Park, about 50 miles east of Atlanta, for the possible isolation and monitoring […]

FULTON COUNTY — The Fulton County School system was alerted today that one of its employees had a confirmed case of coronavirus. The employee is an itinerate teacher who travels between Bear Creek Middle School in Fairburn and Woodland Middle School in East Point. According to Fulton County Schools Superintendent Mike Looney, the teacher was […]

MORGAN COUNTY — Gov. Brian Kemp and state health officials announced Monday that they have identified a state park in Morgan County that can house patients exposed to coronavirus for isolation and monitoring. Hard Labor Creek State Park has been identified for this purpose, although no patients are currently scheduled to be transferred to the […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health announced tonight that four more people have presumptively tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of presumptive cases to six. Presumptive positive tests mean that the patients have tested positive at the Georgia Public Health laboratory but the result has not been confirmed by the CDC. Of the […]

Passengers aboard the quarantined cruise ship the Grand Princess will be transferred to Cobb County’s Dobbins Air Force Base. The passengers include 34 Georgians. The passengers are expected to arrive Monday or Tuesday. Below is Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s full statement regarding the passengers coming to Georgia. “I have learned that thirty-four Georgians and additional […]