Responding to the surge of COVID-19 infections, Gov. Kemp Wednesday outlined these new steps to help overloaded hospitals and testing centers:

  • 200 guard members will be deployed beginning next week, with about half going to testing sites and the other half to assist hospitals.
  • $100 million in federal pandemic rescue funds will be distributed over the next 13 weeks to boost hospital staffing across the state.
  • More testing capacity, including the return of a mass testing center near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

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UPS driver Dan Partyka delivers an overnight package. As more people buy more goods online, the rapid and unrelenting expansion of e-commerce is causing real challenges for the Sandy-Springs based company. (Bob Andres/AJC 2022)

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