ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp hosted a roundtable on Wednesday to discuss the state's fight against the coronavirus.
During the roundtable, the governor was joined by hospital CEOs from throughout the state of Georgia. The governor learned more about what's happening on the grounds of their prospective facilities, discuss vaccine distribution, and more.
Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine shots become available, an influential government advisory panel said on Tuesday. Kemp said that he will follow CDC recommendations.
One thing that the governor learned, is that according to Georgia Department of Public Health Director Dr. Kathleen Toomey, some doctors and nurses around the state are reluctant to receive the vaccine.
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On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shortened the recommended length of quarantine after exposure to someone who is positive for COVID-19. As the Washington Post notes, the 14-day quarantine recommendation is still in effect in areas where adequate testing resources are not available.
According to a senior administration official, the new guidelines, which were released this week, will allow people who have come in contact with someone infected with the virus to resume normal activity after 10 days, or 7 days if they receive a negative test result. That’s down from the 14-day period recommended since the onset of the pandemic.