Georgia Is Sending Guardsmen To Long-Term Care Facilities As Virus Spreads

More than 100 Guardsmen will be deployed to any long-term care facilities with COVID-19 cases, Gov. Brian Kemp’s office said.

(Audio: Georgia Health News editor Andy Miller Talks to WABE’s Jim Burress about the National Guard soldiers being sent to SW Georgia.)

Gov. Brian Kemp is sending National Guard troops to a South Georgia nursing home to help personnel contain an outbreak of COVID-19, as part of a state effort to fight the disease in long-term care facilities.

The new coronavirus has hit several nursing homes and assisted-living facilities in the state.