Four incoming metro sheriffs just elected to their counties have tested positive for COVID-19. In a joint statement sent out Wednesday night, Fulton County Sheriff-elect Pat Labat and Cobb County Sheriff-elect Craig Owens said they tested positive after attending a sheriff’s school in Pine Mountain, Georgia. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
A school nurse and her husband of 50 years died just hours apart of COVID-19 on Thanksgiving day. Nurses and doctors set Willard and Wilma Gail Bowen up side-by-side in the ICU in their final moments. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
Long lines formed throughout metro Atlanta as people rushed to get testing after they say they traveled for the holiday. In Chamblee, patients said they waited in a drive-thru line more than an hour, even with an appointment on Monday. The site is among several that’s changed its testing method as the DeKalb County Health…
There is a mad dash by metro Atlantans to get tested for COVID-19 before many people head to family gatherings for Thanksgiving, despite warnings by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
Channel 2 Action News learned there has been a new breakout of COVID-19 at a Buckhead nursing home. Nearly 30 people are now sick, after seven residents with the virus died at the facility in an earlier outbreak, according to numbers provided by the state. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
Strong storms spawned by the remnants of Hurricane Delta moved across north Georgia Saturday night, producing dozens of tornado warnings. Damage reports were just starting to come in Saturday night. In Covington, a homeless shelter was damaged according to county officials. Officials with the shelter said there were about 20 men inside the building eating…
What happens if you take a rapid test and test positive? You won’t be counted as part of Georgia’s confirmed cases. You’ll be listed as a “probable case.” “We’re the last southern state to not be doing this,” said Dr. Amber Schmidtke, a public health microbiologist. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Fulton County Superior Court, the Georgia Association of Educators say Governor Brian Kemp, state education officials, DPH Commissioner Kathleen Toomey and Paulding County school officials were reckless by opening school buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic as the school year started. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
Bruce Davis died alone from COVID-19 in an Augusta hospital. It was in March. He was 90 miles from his Milledgeville home, his wife of nearly 24 years, their four children and the church he presided over each Sunday. Bruce Davis was a supervisor at Central State Hospital where he worked in mental health, serving…
With more than 200,000 lives lost to COVID-19, the U.S. is facing a reckoning on science and politics. Even basic scientific research, like whether to wear a mask in a pandemic, is now being seen through the lens of the 2020 election and Trump politics. That’s a big problem, health officials say, because to overcome…