Governor issues final public health order for COVID-19

By Dave Williams, Capitol Beat News Service

  • Beau Evans/Capitol Beat News Service. Georgia Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey talks about coronavirus testing at a news conference on March 5, 2020.
    Beau Evans/Capitol Beat News Service. Georgia Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey talks about coronavirus testing at a news conference on March 5, 2020.

    ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp Tuesday issued what is expected to be the last statewide public health emergency of the coronavirus pandemic era.

    The order will expire on Thursday, July 1, at 12 a.m.

    “I appre…