Denessa Moss was furloughed in April. She’s one of nearly 4 million Georgians to file for unemployment since the COVID-19 pandemic. Now she’s one of thousands, in Fulton County alone, who have received papers for eviction. Read the full article: 11Alive.com
As government and public health officials warn of a potential coronavirus/flu “twindemic” this winter, a report says Georgia has one of the lowest flu vaccination rates in the country. The analysis, compiled by insurance and research firm AdvisorSmith, examined the last vaccination rates in states across the last three flu seasons. Read the full article: 11Alive.com
The summer travel season was even worse than expected for Delta Air Lines, which lost $5.38 billion in the third quarter as people hunkered down at home during the pandemic. Most of the loss stemmed from the cost of paying people to quit and writing down the value of assets including planes destined for resale…
Multiple people have been injured and others have to be rescued after a portion of a parking structure under construction collapsed, Friday afternoon. According to Atlanta Fire, crews are working near the intersection of West Peachtree Street at Linden Avenue, near Emory University Midtown Hospital. At this time, officials don’t have an exact number of…
A Saturday update of coronavirus cases provided by Georgia Tech shows a COVID case increase and a possible cluster of cases among Greek housing. Saturday saw 33 new cases with roughly half of them, 17, being reported in one Greek residence near the Georgia Tech Campus. That is up from seven identified in Greek housing the…
More than 300 UGA faculty signed a letter published in the student newspaper on Thursday calling in-person classes “unwise.” The Red & Black guest column asserted that “regardless of the precautions taken by the University on campus … a widespread outbreak of COVID-19 is inevitable.” The column cites the recent experiences at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill,…
Students are back on college campus for the first time since March — seeing old friends and meeting new ones — days before in-person instruction is set to begin. Now mix in a bunch of 18 to 20 somethings during a coronavirus pandemic. University of North Georgia officials are responding after a video went viral on social media showing…
A third Cherokee County School District high school is closing due to the coronavirus. In a letter sent to parents on Sunday, the superintendent announced Creekview High School is temporarily closing effective immediately and will tentatively reopen on Aug. 31. Over the weekend, the number of positive cases at Creekview High School has increased to a…
Cherokee County saw 66 new student infections in its second week of classes, more than three times the number its first week, and more than 1,000 exposed students are now in quarantine. The county released its latest numbers on Friday, at the end of a second week that saw two high schools close until the end of the month over…
School has been in session for a week in Cherokee County and positive cases continue to force other students to go into quarantine, the district said. Based on positive test results among staffers, teachers and students, the district conducts contact tracing and determines who must go into quarantine for two weeks. Read the full article: 11Alive.com