The Georgia Department of Public Health put out a call Tuesday for medical volunteers to help fight the coronavirus pandemic in Georgia.
The move comes as more and more cases of COVID-19 are confirmed. Hospitals are seeing more patients with the disease, and Georgia is facing a shortage of nurses.
Officials warned last November that the nursing shortage had reached a crisis level.
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