Kemp Orders State Shutdown To Fight COVID-19; Cities Prep For Surge At Hospitals

The new rules, which the governor will issue Thursday, will run from Friday through April 13.

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Gov. Brian Kemp is ordering Georgians statewide to “shelter in place’’ to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the state.

The governor, in adopting stronger measures against the virus, cited a CDC warning this week that as many as 25 percent of people infected may not show symptoms — a startling figure that may hamper measures to contain COVID-19.

Kemp called the CDC finding “a game-changer.’’