Georgia state of emergency july 12. In an update to the covid 19 restrictions in georgia on may 28 georgia gov. The shelter in place order for georgians who are 65 and older or medically fragile will continue through june 12 2020 with exceptions for. To continue our fight against this dangerous virus and allow for enhanced emergency response efforts i have twice used my authority to renew the state of emergency.
Brian kemp has issued a new executive order extending the states public health emergency over covid 19. Brian kemp announced that he is extending georgias public health state of emergency until july 12 2020. Latest news first covid 19 related death reported for berrien county.
Brian kemp is easing more restrictions put in place to curb the spread of covid 19 while simultaneously extending the states public health state of emergency through july 12. Kemp said in a news release monday that the new order extends the. Channel 2s richard elliot was at the capitol as kemp said he was renewing his state of emergency until july 12.
Georgia has had more than 44000 confirmed cases of the virus according to data from the state department of public healthat least 1905 people in the state have died. Today after consultation with lieutenant governor duncan and speaker ralston i have decided to renew the state of emergency for a third time through 1159 pm on july 12 2020. Down the temporary hospital at the georgia world congress center because.
Georgia governor brian kemp announced that he is renewing the state of emergency for a third time through july 12 2020. It was originally supposed to expire on june 12. To continue our fight against this dangerous virus and allow for enhanced emergency response efforts i have twice used my authority to renew the state of emergency.
State services in georgia your government is open and working for you but its not business as usual. Many state organizations are involved in stopping the spread of covid 19 and are working on related efforts or have made temporary changes during this serious health emergency.