The Trump administration has issued new manuals designating teachers as ‘critical infrastructure workers’, potentially removing the way to exempt them from quarantine requirements. Health officials in South Carolina also appointed critical infrastructure teachers, according to The Associated Press. The school board in Greene County in Eastern Tennessee meanwhile voted to …
Read More »Georgia’s governor allows local mask mandates, with limits
Atlanta Georgia’s governor, who has opposed local masquerade mandates and even sued Atlanta once in a while, has signed a new executive order allowing local governments to impose masquerade requirements to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. As with previous assignments, the one issued Saturday says residents and visitors to the …
Read More »White House report recommends “strong” Georgia issue statewide mask mandate if Kemp seeks to ban mask mandates
As Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp renews his efforts to keep locals from issuing masked mandates, an unpublished White House report “strongly” advised a state to extend a masked mandate. “Current mitigation efforts do not have sufficient impact and would strongly recommend a statewide mask mandate,” read a White House report …
Read More »Georgia’s governor has filed a lawsuit against the mayor of Atlanta over mandate for face mask
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Thursday announced he will withdraw a lawsuit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the City Council on the city’s requirement to wear face masks in public and to maintain social distance measures to spread of the coronavirus. Although Kemp acknowledged that the mayor agreed not …
Read More »Georgia reports more than 4,000 new cases of coronavirus
Georgia reported more than 4,000 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, according to state data. The state health department reported 4,293 new cases and 54 new deaths in the past 24 hours, with a total of 175,052 cases and 3,563 deaths statewide. The new cases reported Tuesday were an increase …
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