WILL THERE BE ANOTHER LOCKDOWN GEORGIA FULL
Kemp ordered the shuttering of businesses across the state April 1, saying he did so after having learned that the virus could be transmitted by asymptomatic carriers - a possibility that public health experts had been warning of since January.ĭownload the NBC News app for full coverage and alerts about the coronavirus outbreakīut Gerardo Chowell, an epidemiologist at Georgia State University's School of Public Health in Atlanta, worried that Kemp's measures are coming too soon. Volunteers load food into vehicles during a mobile market day at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., on Friday, April 17, 2020. Reopened businesses will also be subject to guidelines that include wearing gloves and masks "if appropriate" and maintaining a distance of 6 feet from other people, he said. He called testing for the disease a "key component" of reopening and said the state is seeking to expand its ability to test people with and without symptoms. "Reports of ER visits for flu-like illnesses are declining, documented COVID-19 cases have flattened and appear to be declining, and we have seen declining ER visits in general," Kemp said. He said the state appeared to be on track to meet the first phase of Trump's guidelines, which were developed by the administration's public health officials and recommend a "downward trajectory of documented cases within a 14-day period."
Kemp said Georgia theaters, restaurants and social clubs can reopen Monday, while bars, nightclubs and concert venues will remain closed.
Greg Abbott made a similar announcement Friday. Pete Ricketts said elective surgery will resume May 4. Bill Lee said he won't extend the state's stay-at-home order beyond April 30, while state parks can reopen Friday.
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