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Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-070GDC release, 'Georgia Department of Corrections Suspends Visitation Statewide: Steps Being Taken to Mitigate COVID-19 Exposure Risks' (Mar. 12, 2020)Visitation suspended at all correctional facilities statewide through Apr. 10, 2020 following the Governor's directive; facility tours…Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward)Georgia Department of Corrections; State levelStateMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071GDC notice, 'Visitation Suspended Through 8.12.2020' (current as of July 9, 2020), with the Visitation Update of July 8, 2020 and Attorney Visitation notice of July 10, 2020Statewide visitation suspension (from Mar. 13, 2020) continued through Aug. 12, 2020Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward)Georgia Department of Corrections; State levelStateJuly 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-134Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (as amended)Order Declaring Statewide Judicial EmergencySupreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton)GeorgiaCourtMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. GA-001Executive Order 03.14.20.01Declaration of Public Health State of Emergency for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. GA-062Order Declaring Statewide Judicial EmergencyStatewide judicial emergency (jury trials, grand juries and deadlines suspended)Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaGeorgiaCourtMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-069USG directive of March 16, 2020 moving all 26 institutions to online instruction for the remainder of the spring semester (USG coronavirus page)Systemwide move to online instruction for the remainder of spring 2020; students directed not to return to campus; limited operationsBoard of Regents of the University System of Georgia (Chancellor Steve Wrigley)University System of Georgia, Board of Regents (26 institutions); State levelStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-005Executive Order 2020-07Declaring an emergency within the City of Atlanta; temporary prohibition on large public assemblages, events or gatherings of more than…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCity of Atlanta, GeorgiaCityMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-048Executive Order 2020-08Restaurants and other public establishments with an approved occupancy of fifty or more to limit maximum occupancy to fifty personsMayor Keisha Lance BottomsCity of Atlanta, GeorgiaCityMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Capacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-27-007USG Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates: 'USG Suspends Instruction to Assess Continuity Plans, Online Instruction' (Mar. 12, 2020), 'USG Moves to Online Instruction for Remainder of Semester' (Mar. 16, 2020, 4:47 p.m.), 'USG Institutions to Develop Creative Alternatives to Commencement Ceremony' (Mar. 18, 2020), refunds update (Mar. 19, 2020)Systemwide suspension of instruction, move to online instruction for the remainder of spring 2020, closure of residence halls, cancellation…University System of Georgia (Chancellor Steve Wrigley; Board of Regents)Georgia (University System of Georgia, Board of Regents; 26 institutions)StateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-032Executive Order 03.16.20.01School Closures to Stop Spread of COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. GA-003Executive Order 03.16.20.01Closing public elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools from March 18, 2020 to March 31, 2020 to stop the spread of COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Gathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-022Executive Order No. 20-001Executive Order declaring a public health and economic state of emergency in DeKalb County (COVID-19)Chief Executive Officer Michael L. ThurmondDeKalb County, GeorgiaCountyMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. GA-005Executive Order 03.23.20.01Limiting large gatherings statewide, ordering 'shelter in place' for specific populations, and closing bars and nightclubs in Georgia for…Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. GA-006Executive Order 03.24.20.01Reducing restrictions for Child Care Learning Centers and Family Child Learning Homes to assist in the State's response to COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateMar. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-001Executive Order 2020-21Declaring an emergency; directing all individuals living in the City of Atlanta to stay at their place of residence; ceasing non-essential…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCity of Atlanta, GeorgiaCityMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-003Addendum to the Declaration and Ratification of Public Health Emergency Within Fulton County and Order of Closure or Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide (enumeration of Essential Businesses and Essential Business Activities)03.31.20 Addendum to Declaration of Public Health EmergencyFulton County Board of Health; S. Elizabeth Ford, M.D., M.B.A., Interim District Health Director (approved as to form: Jennifer R. Culler, Senior Assistant County Attorney)Fulton County, GeorgiaCountyMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-009First Amended Declaration of Local Emergency ('Shelter at Home')First Amended Declaration of Local Emergency, 'Shelter at Home'Mayor Van R. Johnson IICity of Savannah, GeorgiaCityMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-018Resolution of the Fulton County Board of Health to Declare and Ratify Public Declarations of a Local Public Health Emergency in Fulton County Due to the Threat and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and to Order the Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide to Minimize Direct Human ContactBoard of Health resolution: public health emergency; dine-in restaurants closed countywide; gatherings and direct-contact businesses limited…Fulton County Board of HealthFulton County, GeorgiaCountyMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-030Declaration of Emergency in Cobb CountyDeclaration of Emergency in Cobb County (COVID-19)Michael H. Boyce, Chairman, Cobb County Board of CommissionersCobb County, Georgia (unincorporated area)CountyMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-104Executive Order 03.23.20.01Executive Order to Ensure a Safe and Healthy Georgia (gatherings of 10 or more prohibited unless six feet apart; bars closed; medically…Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-031Order Pursuant to Declaration of Emergency in Cobb County Permitting Temporary Resumption of Operations by Sterigenics for the Sterilization of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Necessary to Combat the COVID-19 PandemicOrder permitting Sterigenics (2971 Olympic Industrial Drive) to resume operations solely to sterilize PPEMichael H. Boyce, Chairman, Cobb County Board of CommissionersCobb County, GeorgiaCountyMar. 25, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-060Extension of the Clayton County COVID-19 emergency declaration and ban on public gatherings of ten or more (Mar. 25, 2020)Clayton County extends COVID-19 emergency, bans public gatherings of 10 or more within unincorporated ClaytonJeffrey E. Turner, Chairman, Clayton County Board of CommissionersClayton County, Georgia (unincorporated area)CountyMar. 25, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationGathering capConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-008Executive Order 03.26.20.02Closing public elementary and secondary schools through April 24, 2020 to stop the spread of COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateMar. 26, 20202020 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-054Executive Order 2020-22Re-declaring the emergency; all individuals directed to shelter at their place of residence; all businesses to cease non-essential…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCity of Atlanta, GeorgiaCityMar. 26, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-023Executive Order No. 20-002Executive Order Declaring a State of Emergency in DeKalb County and Ordering That All Individuals Living in DeKalb County Are Directed to…Chief Executive Officer Michael L. ThurmondDeKalb County, GeorgiaCountyMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read