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Van Johnson, mayor of Savannah, Georgia, says a rise in coronavirus infections led him to issue a first-in-the-state requirement that people wear face masks in his city. It seems to violate a state order that prevents local governments from making their own public health rules.

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Dr. Lynn Paxton, director of the Fulton County Board of Health says the rise in COVID-19 cases should prompt officials to look at "dialing back" continuing to lift restrictions intended to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

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There is so much data out there about the coronavirus pandemic. Sam Whitehead talks with three different doctors from the world of public health about the best numbers to watch.

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Dr. Anne Spaulding, who studies healthcare in jails and prisons at Emory University, says these settings can be perfect incubators for a highly contagious virus and can have major impacts in the communities where they're located.

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Andy Miller, editor of Georgia Health News, says pressure from federal officials has led two medical device sterilization facilities in metro Atlanta to ramp up operations in the midst of the pandemic. The two facilities had previously reduced operations because of elevated emissions of the toxic gas, ethylene oxide.

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Wenjie Sun, a social worker who lives in Decatur, Georgia and is currently expecting her second child, says COVID-19 has added an additional element of uncertainty to her pregnancy.

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Dr. Carl Reddy, from the Task Force for Global Health, shares some of the challenges developing countries face when it comes to responding to the pandemic and discusses the COVID-19 outlook for the rest of the world.

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Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, says we've learned a lot about the coronavirus, but there are some important questions that don't have answers.

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Emma Hurt, who covers the state legislature for WABE, says Georgia lawmakers have a lot to accomplish when then re-convene next week, and they'll have to do it all in the midst of a pandemic.

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Ryan Breshears, chief of behavioral health for the Wellstar Health System, says the coronavirus pandemic is a stressful situation that could have both short-term and long-term impacts on peoples' mental health.

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