Gov. Kemp signs executive order allowing businesses to choose if they follow local government COVID guidelines - WTOC

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ATLANTA, Ga. (WTOC) - Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed an executive order Thursday, Aug. 19, that will give businesses the choice of following local government COVID-19 guidelines.

Gov. Kemp said it will give the private sector security to know they will not be shut down by local government guidelines.

Gov. Kemp said their economy is starting to return to normal and small businesses from Savannah to Atlanta would not be able to survive another round of shutdowns.

Kemp said he knows Georgians know the risk of COVID-19 and know how to go about their lives, and that’s why he signed the executive order to ensure that businesses will not be forced by local governments to be the city’s mask police, vaccine police or any other burdensome restrictions.

The governor said if businesses chose to follow the COVID-19 restrictions at the local level, they are free to do so.

More than 4,700 COVID patients were hospitalized statewide Wednesday, Aug. 18, and almost 90 percent of intensive care beds were in use.

Hospitals have had to put off elective surgeries and turn patients away amid a crush of COVID-19 cases not seen since a winter surge.

Only 42 percent of Georgia’s population is fully vaccinated.

Savannah Mayor Van Johnson released the following statement in response to Gov. Kemp’s executive order:

“It is disappointing, but not surprising, that amid historic COVID-19 infections and abysmal vaccination rates, Governor Brian Kemp would again attempt to proactively pre-empt local governments like Savannah from protecting themselves by following the science. While the Governor believes he has shown leadership in ‘keeping Georgia businesses open,’ he should start by reopening the closed Department of Labor offices across the state to help Georgians still waiting for unemployment assistance or perhaps by reopening the Governor’s Mansion, which has been closed for months. Before Georgia can be the best state in which to do business, Georgia should be the best state to live free of COVID-19, and, given our high infection rates and low vaccinates rates, sadly, that is not the case. Savannah’s current order remains unchanged and in place, and additional actions will be taken as deemed necessary by Savannah’s elected servants.”

To read Gov. Kemp’s executive orders, please click here.

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