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News Articles: coronavirus

The inside of Cobb County jail.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Jails Risk Becoming Georgia's Next Hotspot

Monday on Political Rewind , Fulton County Jail reported over a dozen COVID-19 cases in the span of a week, worrying public health officials and...

April 06, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
Gov. Brian Kemp shared this aerial photo in a tweet Saturday, saying most beachgoers were locals. But Tybee officials say with beaches reopened, they're now getting visitors from out of state.

Tybee Mayor Urges Governor To Close Beaches, Visitors To Stay Away

Coastal leaders are pushing back after the governor ordered Georgia beaches reopened Friday night.

April 06, 2020
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By:
  • Emily Jones
A COVID-19 patient is released to cheers from staff at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany last week.

Signs Of Hope In Georgia's COVID-19 Hotspot

There are signs that healthcare workers in the COVID-19 hotspot in southwest Georgia are playing from a stronger hand than the one they were dealt at...

April 06, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Georgia Power is partnering with the Salvation Army and the Division of Family and Children Services to help qualifying, low-income households pay their energy bills.

Georgia Power Offers Bill Assistance Programs As Health Crisis Continues

One of Georgia's largest utility companies is offering special programs for people who may be struggling to pay their power bill. Georgia Power is...

April 06, 2020
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By:
  • Taylor Gantt
Gov. Brian Kemp delivers an update on coronavirus in Georgia.

Georgia Coronavirus Updates: Governor Opens State Beaches, Tybee Mayor Calls It 'Reckless Mandate'

There are 6,742 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in at least 149 of Georgia’s 159 counties with 219 reported deaths as of 7 p.m. Sunday. Georgia also now...

April 05, 2020
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By:
  • Blis Savidge
Tybee Island workers close access to the beach after Mayor Session's order.

Tybee Island Mayor: 'Do Not Support' Governor's Decision To Open Beaches

Calling Gov. Brian Kemp's decision to reopen beaches statewide a "reckless mandate", Tybee Island's mayor questioned the actions as the state shelters...

April 05, 2020
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By:
  • Blis Savidge

Tiger At NYC’s Bronx Zoo Tests Positive For Coronavirus

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a...

April 05, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Amy Ray, left, and Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls perform at thNew Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in April 2019. Their recently streamed concert drew around 7,000 viewers on Facebook and Instagram live.

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  • News

Indigo Girls On The Power Of Music To Stay Connected, Even In Quarantine

In mid-March — just as sporting events were scrapped, music and book festivals were canceled, and the Olympics were postponed — the Georgia-based folk...

April 05, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jake Troyer
A Co-Diagnostics lab technician manufactures COVID-19 testing kits Friday, March 27, 2020, in Salt Lake City. The company says it has the capacity to produce 50,000 test kits daily from its Salt Lake City facility.

After Negative Result, Doctor Suspects He Cleared Virus Before He Could Get Tested

Dr. Zachary Cohen could not get a test for what he suspected was the coronavirus until after he'd been sick for two weeks. "My [doctor] and I both...

April 05, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Surgeon General Jerome Adams is offering some of the starkest warnings yet as he braces Americans for the worsening fallout from the new coronavirus.

Surgeon General Warns US Of 'Saddest Week' And '9/11 Moment'

Surgeon General Jerome Adams is offering some of the starkest warnings yet as he braces Americans for the worsening fallout from the new coronavirus.

April 05, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Gov. Brian Kemp delivers an update on coronavirus in Georgia.

Georgia Coronavirus Updates: Nearly 60 Care Facilities Report Cases; First Death Of Nurse

COVID-19 outbreaks have been reported in 58 long-term health facilities, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health, days after more than 100...

April 04, 2020
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  • Blis Savidge
Authorities are clamoring to secure additional body storage wherever possible as U.S. officials estimate the death toll from the coronavirus could reach as high as 240,000.

Where Will The Bodies Go? Morgues Plan As Virus Grows

Authorities are clamoring to secure additional body storage wherever possible as U.S. officials estimate the death toll from the coronavirus could reach...

April 04, 2020
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  • Associated Press
A man leaves a restaurant with a takeout order Thursday, March 19, 2020 in Atlanta.

Georgia Coronavirus Updates: Shelter-In-Place Order Starts Today

Georgians will be ordered to stay at home in nearly all circumstances beginning today at 6 p.m. to stop the spread of COVID-19 that has killed more than...

April 03, 2020
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  • Stephen Fowler

What You Need To Know: From A Recovered COVID-19 Patient

Georgia Public Broadcasting’s new series What You Need To Know: Coronavirus provides succinct, fact-based information to help you get through the...

April 03, 2020
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  • Rickey Bevington
Renee and Clyde Smith visiting family July 4, 2019. The couple survived a coronavirus infection while aboard the Diamond Princess cruise and are now donating blood for a possible vaccine.

Atlanta Couple From Diamond Princess Donates Blood For Coronavirus Vaccine, Cure

Renee and Clyde Smith were quarantined for weeks in a Japanese hospital when they tested positive for coronavirus aboard a cruise ship in February....

April 03, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
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