Georgia Lifts Criteria For Getting A Coronavirus Test

A police officer directs cars into a coronavirus testing facility at Georgia Tech last month in Atlanta.

John Bazemore / Associated Press

Gov. Brian Kemp said Thursday that any Georgian who wants can now get tested for the coronavirus, regardless of whether they’re showing symptoms, even as mobile testing sites had to pause this week because of problems with information flow and reporting results back to those who had been tested.

The loosening of testing criteria comes as Georgia charts an aggressive course to reopening amid the virus outbreak, despite the fact that parts of the state are still battling infection hot spots.

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