Did georgia reopen the state. Georgia on friday became one of the first states to experiment with easing its stay at home restrictions and concerned mayors from across the state pointed to the rise in coronavirus cases in. Restaurants are required to adhere to a set of 39 guidelines laid out by the state government including a mandate that all employees. Brian kemp center tours a temporary hospital in atlanta last week.
For those that did reopen though it wasnt life as normal. Brian kemp r will be reopening parts of his states economy this friday april 24 because they are on track to meeting phase 1 of the white houses criteria to reopen the country. But on monday the governor extended the state of emergency for an additional 15 days.
On monday he announced the first steps to reopen the states economy beginning on friday. With a mix of eagerness and trepidation georgia reopened for business on friday more aggressively than any state in the us after being one of the last to order a statewide shutdown. Brian kemp a republican went toe to toe with the white house and local mayors over his decision to reopen large parts of georgias economy ahead of other states.
Some state lawmakers are calling for mcmaster to end the state of emergency and allow all businesses to reopen.