STAFF REPORT ::: The COVID-19 Isolation Camp established in Hard Labor Creek State Park is now in use with a patient from Cherokee County. According to a statement released by Governor Brian Kemp, this action was taken as a precautionary measure “in accordance with the state’s strategic plan to prepare for any and all scenarios […]
Kemp: Fayette County has presumptive positive COVID-19 patient
STAFF REPORT ::: A Piedmont Fayette Hospital patient has tested presumptively positive for COVID-19 and officials are awaiting confirmatory testing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Fayette patient is among five new presumptive positive results. Those include one each in Cobb and Gwinnett counties and two in Dekalb County. These individuals are […]
Filed Under: Health, Top Stories Tagged With: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, coronavirus, COVID-19, Fayette County, Georgia Department of Public Health, Governor Brian Kemp, Griffin, health, illness, spalding county, Wellness
Isolation camp for COVID-19 being established in Georgia state park
STAFF REPORT ::: Georgia officials have identified Hard Labor Creek State Park in Morgan County as a location for the isolation and monitoring of people who may have been exposed to COVID-19. According to a press release issued by the office of Governor Brian Kemp, he along with the Departments of Public Health, Public Safety […]
Kemp: Sources of infection unknown in four new presumptive positive COVID-19 cases
STAFF REPORT ::: According to a statement released by the office of Governor Brian Kemp, four new presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Georgia patients, and the Georgia Department of Public Health is awaiting confirmatory testing. Testing was completed today at the Georgia Public Health Laboratory and the results have been submitted […]
34 people on cruise ship off California coast to be quarantined in Georgia
STAFF REPORT ::: Dozens of passengers who have been onboard a cruise ship off the California coast will soon be in Georgia, where they will be quarantined and undergo testing for COVID-19, the illness caused by the latest strain of coronavirus. Governor Brian Kemp has announced that 34 Georgians will be transferred from that ship […]
Filed Under: Health, Top Stories Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp, Grand Princess cruise ship, Griffin, quarantine, spalding county, testing
New Georgia cases of COVID-19 coronavirus diagnosed
STAFF REPORT ::: The Georgia Department of Public Health reports additional cases of COVID-19 – the illness caused by the newest strain of coronavirus – in multiple counties. According to a press release issued Saturday, there have been “a number of developments overnight regarding COVID-19 in Georgia.” The DPH and Centers for Disease Control and […]
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Georgia officials awaiting CDC confirmation of third COVID-19 case
STAFF REPORT ::: The Georgia Department of Public Health is awaiting confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on a positive test on a third COVID-19 patient in the state, this time located in Floyd County. The initial testing was completed by the Georgia Public Health Laboratory on March 5. Centers for Disease […]
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Georgia officials confirm two cases of coronavirus COVID-19
STAFF REPORT ::: Two cases of COVID-19, the respiratory infection caused by the novel coronavirus, have been confirmed in Georgia. Gov. Brian Kemp, Georgia Department of Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey M.D. and other state officials confirmed the cases involving two Fulton County residents. Both live in the same household and one recently returned from […]
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Department of Public Health preps for potential Georgia coronavirus outbreak
STAFF REPORT ::: The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is working closely with state partners and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prepare for a potential outbreak of the coronavirus identified as COVID-19 in the United States, including Georgia. The goal is to quickly identify cases of COVID-19 and take the appropriate […]
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