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The Latest: How Georgia is responding to the coronavirus outbreak

March 26, 2020 Atlanta - Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a town hall meeting to discuss the growing coronavirus pandemic that airs live on WSB-TV Channel 2, CBS46, Georgia Public Broadcasting, 11 Alive, FOX 5 Atlanta and Univision 34 Atlanta at WSB-TV Channel 2 on Thursday night, March 26, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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March 26, 2020 Atlanta - Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a town hall meeting to discuss the growing coronavirus pandemic that airs live on WSB-TV Channel 2, CBS46, Georgia Public Broadcasting, 11 Alive, FOX 5 Atlanta and Univision 34 Atlanta at WSB-TV Channel 2 on Thursday night, March 26, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
By Bria Felicien
March 30, 2020

In this episode of the Politically Georgia podcast, host Greg Bluestein and enterprise reporter Tamar Hallerman discuss the latest in Georgia’s coronavirus news, including details from Albany – a town currently being hit hard – highlights from Gov. Brian Kemp’s town hall, and more.

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READ MORE: Coronavirus in Georgia: The AJC's Complete Coverage

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Bria Felicien is a published author and staff writer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She produces podcasts for the AJC.

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