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The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is reporting an increase in new COVID-19 cases across the state. With the rise due to the delta variant’s faster rate of spread than previous strands, public health officials are concerned.
According to the DPH, only 39% of those eligible in Georgia are fully vaccinated and Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has noted it’s becoming “a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”
As the time to return to school nears, school districts across the state have begun announcing they will require students and school employees to wear masks.
– Ellie Brill, 360 Media, Inc.