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This blog will be updated throughout Friday, April 17, with news and details of COVID-19 in Georgia.
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4:30 p.m.: The state of Georgia doesn't know the race of many of the people tested for the coronavirus because it left the race question off of its own testing registration form, Ariel Hart reports. After the AJC pointed it out, the form was fixed.
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9:30 a.m.: Atlanta Public Schools has shut down two of its 10 food distribution sites after employees tested positive for COVID-19. Vanessa McCray has the details.
9:30 a.m.: State actions were too little, too late to spare senior care residents, Carrie Teegardin reports. Gov. Brian Kemp on April 8 ordered senior care homes to take aggressive steps to curb the virus, but by then the outbreak had killed at least 81 residents of nursing homes and assisted living communities.
7:15 a.m.: Dr. Janet Cox, a clinical psychologist licensed in the state of Georgia, offers tips to help yourself and others in this stressful time.
7 a.m.: Nationwide closings at meatpacking plants represent a fraction of the country's food production, but many poultry experts fear that with the walkouts, illnesses and deaths, Georgia's poultry industry might soon come under threat. Ernie Suggs has the details.
6:30 a.m.: In the past few weeks, there's been a surge in the number of people seeking out lawyers who specialize in end-of-life affairs. Helena Oliviero tells you why more Georgians are getting their wills ready.
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OVERNIGHT
- Gov. Brian Kemp has quietly begun planning to reopen Georgia for business, weeks before the expected peak of the coronavirus pandemic, Alan Judd and Greg Bluestein reported.
- The World Health Organization warns against alcohol consumption during the coronavirus pandemic. Nancy Clanton tells you why.
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