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====Quarantine sites==== On March 9, Governor Kemp announced the preparation of [[Hard Labor Creek State Park]], located in [[Morgan County, Georgia|Morgan County]], as a quarantine destination for diagnosed individuals "without other options".<ref name="ajc-corona-redmon"/><ref>{{cite web|date=March 9, 2020|title=State park outside Atlanta being prepared for coronavirus isolation|last=Braverman|first=Jason|work=11Alive|url=https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/hard-labor-creek-state-park-coronavirus/85-90b7939e-46c5-46c7-a3ba-1dff5f068d06|access-date=March 13, 2020|archive-date=January 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105150829/https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/hard-labor-creek-state-park-coronavirus/85-90b7939e-46c5-46c7-a3ba-1dff5f068d06|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 10, a coronavirus patient from [[Cherokee County, Georgia|Cherokee County]], who did not need hospitalization but lacked adequate quarantine conditions at home, became the first to be relocated to the park; he was released on March 15.<ref>{{cite web|date=March 10, 2020|title=First coronavirus patient relocated to Hard Labor Creek State Park|last=King|first=Michael|work=11Alive|url=https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-patient-hard-labor-creek-park/85-dc5e4b1b-eb13-4e28-b217-a86e7c105d18|access-date=March 13, 2020|archive-date=January 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105150820/https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-patient-hard-labor-creek-park/85-dc5e4b1b-eb13-4e28-b217-a86e7c105d18|url-status=live}}</ref> A second person arrived on March 17.<ref name="ajc-corona-redmon">{{cite web |last1=Redmon |first1=Jeremy |title=Second coronavirus patient arrives at Georgia's special quarantine site |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/second-coronavirus-patient-arrives-georgia-special-quarantine-site/wd3FbOD7MhZaQpxdmmRA5J/ |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=March 19, 2020 |date=March 17, 2020 |archive-date=April 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422021045/https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/second-coronavirus-patient-arrives-georgia-special-quarantine-site/wd3FbOD7MhZaQpxdmmRA5J/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Georgia stopped using this location on March 24. {{citation needed|date=April 2020}} A second quarantine site was constructed at the [[Georgia Department of Public Safety]] in [[Forsyth, Georgia|Forsyth]], [[Monroe County, Georgia|Monroe County]]. The area houses twenty trailers<ref name="46-charles">{{cite web |last1=Charles |first1=Kerry |title=Kemp: Quarantine site nears completion in Monroe County |url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/kemp-quarantine-site-nears-completion-in-monroe-county |publisher=Fox 5 Atlanta |access-date=March 19, 2020 |date=March 18, 2020 |archive-date=May 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512005023/https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/kemp-quarantine-site-nears-completion-in-monroe-county |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="cbs46-kennedy">{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Jamie |title=COVID-19 quarantine sites pop up outside of Atlanta city limits |url=https://www.cbs46.com/news/covid--quarantine-sites-pop-up-outside-of-atlanta-city/article_883e8800-658c-11ea-97a6-d396dead4011.html |publisher=CBS 46 |access-date=March 19, 2020 |date=March 13, 2020 |archive-date=April 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409173033/https://www.cbs46.com/news/covid--quarantine-sites-pop-up-outside-of-atlanta-city/article_883e8800-658c-11ea-97a6-d396dead4011.html |url-status=live }}</ref> with room for up to 40 patients. This site opened on March 24, replacing the old site.<ref name="redmon-ajc-sites">{{cite web |last1=Redmon |first1=Jeremy |title=Georgia closes isolation, monitoring site for coronavirus patients |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/georgia-closes-isolation-monitoring-site-for-coronavirus-patients/qcsF6o7p49ifx6xwhlcWjK/ |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=March 25, 2020 |date=March 24, 2020 |archive-date=March 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326102604/https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/georgia-closes-isolation-monitoring-site-for-coronavirus-patients/qcsF6o7p49ifx6xwhlcWjK/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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