Today state officials will talk with school superintendents from all over Georgia to coordinate COVID-19 vaccinations for teachers. Representatives from the Governor’s Office, the State school superintendent, and 13 district superintendents are expected to take part in the virtual meeting at noon. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
The state started publishing a new and much more detailed online vaccine dashboard. The dashboard, which is posted on the Georgia Department of Public Health’s website, breaks down both statewide and individual county vaccine numbers. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
“This is the natural history of viruses, they constantly mutate,” said Dr. John T. Brooks, who is the Chief Medical Officer for the CDC Emergency COVID-19 Response. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 in a statement Tuesday, becoming the fourth Republican representative from Georgia to contract the virus. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday he was extending the public health state of emergency and renewing current COVID-19 restrictions. The public health state of emergency is now in effect through December 9. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
North Georgia continues to be under a Tropical Storm Warning as Hurricane Zeta intensifies into a Category 2 storm. Zeta is expected to dump heavy rain, tropical-storm-force winds with higher wind gusts, and while the probability of a spin-up tornado is low, it cannot be ruled out. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
Two staffers of U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler have tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, Loeffler’s office announced that the senator learned that two members of her Senate staff had tested positive on Friday, leading to her to get tested. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
A week after Fulton County Schools gave students and parents the option to return to in-person learning, the school district has shut down a second high school due to COVID-19 concerns. Officials announced on Facebook that Cambridge High School will switch to virtual learning for the next few days to address an increase in COVID-19 cases….
Several members of Congress called for a detention facility in Georgia to be shut down pending investigation after women detainees told them of being forced into unnecessary gynecological procedures with dirty equipment that left serious infections amid conditions so unsanitary that some begged to be deported. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com
A hearing over the lawsuit filed by Georgia Gov. Kemp over Atlanta’s measures mandating masks in public and other COVID-19 restrictions has been set for next week. Read the full article: fox5atlanta.com