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====Coronavirus task force==== Governor Kemp first announced the creation of an 18-member coronavirus task force on February 28.<ref name="ap-task-force-feb">{{cite web |work=Associated Press |title=Georgia governor creates coronavirus task force |url=https://apnews.com/dcd8f617932f1f82fbc9d6d4b4bbccab |publisher=AP News |access-date=April 24, 2020 |date=February 28, 2020 |archive-date=February 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229194623/https://apnews.com/dcd8f617932f1f82fbc9d6d4b4bbccab |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="kemp-pr-03-02">{{cite web |title=Gov. Kemp Names Coronavirus Task Force |url=https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2020-03-02/gov-kemp-names-coronavirus-task-force |publisher=Office of the Governor |access-date=April 24, 2020 |date=March 2, 2020 |archive-date=May 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527165143/https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2020-03-02/gov-kemp-names-coronavirus-task-force |url-status=live }}</ref> On March 12, Kemp announced that he was expanding the task force to include four new committees: the Emergency Preparedness Committee, chaired by John King; the Economic Impact Committee, chaired by Jeffrey Dorfman; the Primary Care Physicians Committee, chaired by Ben Watson (R–Savannah); and the Committee for the Homeless and Displaced, chaired by Keisha Lance Bottoms, mayor of Atlanta.<ref name="03-12-kemp">{{cite web |title=Gov. Kemp Urges Calm, Announces Coronavirus Task Force Subcommittees |url=https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2020-03-12/gov-kemp-urges-calm-announces-coronavirus-task-force-subcommittees |publisher=Office of the Governor |access-date=April 24, 2020 |date=March 12, 2020 |archive-date=May 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527221412/https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2020-03-12/gov-kemp-urges-calm-announces-coronavirus-task-force-subcommittees |url-status=live }}</ref> This increased the task force's size to 66 members.<ref name="bluestein-ajc-task-force-66">{{cite web |last1=Bluestein |first1=Greg |title=Kemp expands Georgia's coronavirus task force as pandemic spreads |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/kemp-expands-georgia-coronavirus-task-force-pandemic-spreads/Cmvu0TS30JjDXxaq1MkNMO/ |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=April 24, 2020 |date=March 21, 2020 |archive-date=April 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424170704/https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/kemp-expands-georgia-coronavirus-task-force-pandemic-spreads/Cmvu0TS30JjDXxaq1MkNMO/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On March 20, Kemp revealed the complete list of committee members.<ref name="kemp-task-force-03-20-2020">{{cite web |title=Kemp Names Coronavirus Task Force Committees |url=https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2020-03-20/kemp-names-coronavirus-task-force-committees |publisher=Office of the Governor |access-date=April 24, 2020 |date=March 20, 2020 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420032046/https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2020-03-20/kemp-names-coronavirus-task-force-committees |url-status=live }}</ref> Kemp added a fifth committee on April 5, the Community Outreach Committee, co-chaired by Bernice A. King and Leo Smith.<ref name="asb-ajc-kemp">{{cite web |last1=Burns |first1=Asia Simone |title=Kemp expands coronavirus task force with community outreach committee |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/kemp-expands-coronavirus-task-force-with-community-outreach-committee/JXEaBs8xUVhG0AslZpwaoK/ |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=April 24, 2020 |date=April 5, 2020 |archive-date=April 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408045740/https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/kemp-expands-coronavirus-task-force-with-community-outreach-committee/JXEaBs8xUVhG0AslZpwaoK/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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