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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens tests positive for coronavirus again

Mayor Dickens isolating at home until he tests negative
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens speaks at the Democratic Party of Georgia’s State Convention in Columbus, Georgia, Saturday, August 27, 2022. Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens speaks at the Democratic Party of Georgia’s State Convention in Columbus, Georgia, Saturday, August 27, 2022. Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)
By Wilborn P. Nobles III
Sept 6, 2022

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced Tuesday morning that he has tested positive for COVID-19 again.

Dickens said on Twitter that he plans to conduct virtual meetings from home for the next few days until he tests negative. He assured residents that he’s planning resume his normal work routine real soon.

“I am feeling fine,” Dickens said in his Twitter video. “I have minor symptoms, and I think that’s because I am vaccinated and I’m boosted so I encourage you to also be vaccinated and boosted.”

A spokesman from the mayor’s office said Dickens has mild, cold-like symptoms.

In December, a then-Mayor-Elect Dickens announced he had coronavirus after he received a positive test result on Dec. 20. He went on to test negative for COVID on Dec. 30, days before his inauguration on Jan. 3.

Information on preventing COVID, what to do if you’re sick with COVID, and how to act if you’re exposed to COVID is available on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

About the Author

Wilborn P. Nobles III covers Atlanta City Hall for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He began covering DeKalb County Schools for The AJC in November 2020. He previously covered Baltimore County for The Baltimore Sun and education for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. He interned at the Washington Post. He graduated from Louisiana State University.

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