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    BREAKING: GA Governor Kemp to lift statewide shelter-in-place for most Georgians on Friday

    Gov. Brian Kemp will lift a statewide shelter-in-place order for most of Georgia's 10.6 million residents starting Friday as he continues to roll back coronavirus restrictions, though he urges Georgians to stay at home when possible to contain the pandemic.

    The order requires elderly and "medically fragile" residents to shelter in place until June 12, and calls for businesses to follow a host of existing restrictions through May 13 in order to remain open. But Kemp told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that it was time to lift other measures to help revive Georgia's tattered economy, stressing that an increase in testing and increased hospital capacity factored into his decision. "What we've done has worked," Kemp said in the interview. "It's given us time to build our hospital infrastructure capacity, get ventilators and ramp up testing. That's what really drove our decision."

    His order also renewed requirements that nursing homes and long-term care facilities take aggressive steps to curb the spread of the virus until June 12.

    And Kemp forcefully urged Georgians to wear a mask in public places, though he and his top health adviser said they can be more flexible when in parks, beaches and other places where there's room to space out...

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