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Posted inCoronavirus

Bars, nightclubs and summer school can open in Georgia on June 1

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceMay 28, 2020September 24, 2023
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Posted inCoronavirus

Nursing homes at center of Milledgeville’s high coronavirus death rate

by Andy Miller | GHNMay 27, 2020August 12, 2020
LILBURN -- The City of Lilburn has postponed its July 4th event, Sparkle in the Park.
Posted inCoronavirus, Events

Lilburn cancels Fourth of July event

by Thom ChandlerMay 27, 2020May 27, 2020
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is offering Georgia as a possible replacement site for the Republican National Convention after President Donald Trump demanded answers from the convention's current host state about venue capacity amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inCoronavirus, Your Government

Kemp offers Georgia as a replacement site for the Republican National Convention

by Thom ChandlerMay 26, 2020May 26, 2020
The state could avoid furloughing pre-school teachers if they would be willing to absorb pay cuts rather than stay home, members of a Georgia Senate budget subcommittee suggested Tuesday.
Posted inCoronavirus

Preschool teachers in Georgia may get a pay cut due to COVID-19

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News Service and Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceMay 26, 2020August 12, 2020
TYBEE ISLAND – Tybee Island Mayor Shirley Sessions published a video at the outset of what is typically a lucrative Memorial Day weekend for her city’s businesses with a simple message: Don’t come.
Posted inCoronavirus

Georgia’s beaches were overcrowded on Memorial Day weekend despite pandemic

by Wes Wolfe | Georgia RecorderMay 26, 2020August 12, 2020
ATLANTA -- The Lovett School in Atlanta has confirmed that several members of its graduating class of 2020 have tested positive for coronavirus.
Posted inCoronavirus

Atlanta private school confirms members of its graduating class have tested positive for coronavirus

by Thom ChandlerMay 25, 2020May 25, 2020
A 17-year-old Fulton County boy has died from coronavirus. He is the youngest person in Georgia to die from COVID-19. According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, he had a chronic condition.
Posted inCoronavirus

A 17-year-old boy from Georgia has died from coronavirus

by Thom ChandlerMay 24, 2020May 24, 2020
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Posted inCoronavirus

6 Ways you can relieve coronavirus stress

by StatePointMay 24, 2020August 12, 2020
President Donald Trump on Friday said he was calling on the nation's governors to end restrictions that have closed churches, synagogues and other houses of worship, deeming them essential.
Posted inCoronavirus, National

Trump wants churches open ‘right now,’ threatens to override governors

by Dan McCaleb | The Center SquareMay 22, 2020August 12, 2020
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Posted inCoronavirus

Georgia joins states pushing Congress to protect first responders who contract coronavirus

by Thom ChandlerMay 21, 2020May 21, 2020
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Posted inCoronavirus

DeKalb County will distribute 1,200 bags of chicken and produce to residents

by Thom ChandlerMay 21, 2020September 24, 2023
Since the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools in Georgia to close for the year, parents and students have had the same questions on their minds: How will school reopen in the fall and what will school look like with the looming threat of a second coronavirus wave?
Posted inCoronavirus

These are the people who will decide how Georgia goes back to school this fall

by Thom ChandlerMay 21, 2020September 24, 2023
As part of the company's pledge to launch up to 1,000 COVID-19 testing sites nationwide, CVS has chosen 23 sites in Georgia at some CVS Pharmacy drive-thru locations.
Posted inCoronavirus

CVS is opening 23 drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites. Here’s where you can get tested

by Thom ChandlerMay 21, 2020September 24, 2023
Posted inCoronavirus

Atlanta mayor extends bans on water cut-offs and towing during pandemic

by Thom ChandlerMay 19, 2020September 24, 2023
Georgia Governor Brian P Kemp today announced that Georgia reached its lowest number of COVID-19 positive patients hospitalized since hospitals started reporting data to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency on April 8.
Posted inCoronavirus

Kemp says Georgia has reached its lowest number of coronavirus hospitalizations since April

by Thom ChandlerMay 19, 2020May 19, 2020
The Gist: After having a long plateau period, the 7-day moving average of coronavirus cases per day in Georgia appears to be decreasing.
Posted inCoronavirus

Georgia shows a decline in the average number of coronavirus cases per day

by Thom ChandlerMay 18, 2020May 18, 2020
CHAMBLEE -- A resident who attended a public meeting at the Chamblee Civic Center last week has tested positive for COVID-19.
Posted inCoronavirus

A resident who attended a Chamblee city council meeting tested positive for coronavirus

by Thom ChandlerMay 18, 2020May 18, 2020

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