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===Commercial entities=== [[Six Flags Over Georgia]] announced that the theme park would close temporarily from March 13 to April 1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wgxa.tv/news/local/six-flags-over-georgia-closing-through-end-of-march|title=Six Flags Over Georgia closing through end of March|first=WGXA Digital News|last=Staff|date=March 13, 2020|website=WGXA|access-date=March 14, 2020|archive-date=January 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105150752/https://wgxa.tv/news/local/six-flags-over-georgia-closing-through-end-of-march|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 30, it reported that it would not open until mid-May.<ref>{{cite web|title=Six Flags Over Georgia and White Water Update Temporary Closures|date=March 30, 2020|publisher=Six Flags|url=http://www.sixflags.com/overgeorgia/plan-your-visit/coronavirus-update|access-date=April 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403095939/https://www.sixflags.com/overgeorgia/plan-your-visit/coronavirus-update|archive-date=April 3, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Emory Healthcare]] announced the postponement of "all inpatient and outpatient elective surgical and procedural cases" starting on March 16.<ref name="trubey-emory">{{cite web |last1=Trubey |first1=Scott |title=Emory to postpone elective surgeries amid coronavirus outbreak |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/emory-postpone-elective-surgeries-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/Fmlqa5slSa8Z70iL6eYn9K/ |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=March 16, 2020 |date=March 15, 2020 |archive-date=January 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105150810/https://www.ajc.com/news/local/emory-postpone-elective-surgeries-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/Fmlqa5slSa8Z70iL6eYn9K/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Furry Weekend Atlanta]], a [[furry convention]] held in Atlanta, announced that the 2020 iteration of the convention scheduled for May had been cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|title=Atlanta furry convention canceled due to coronavirus|last1=Garger|first1=Kenneth|date=March 17, 2020|publisher=New York Post|url=https://nypost.com/2020/03/17/atlanta-furry-convention-canceled-due-to-coronavirus/|access-date=March 17, 2020|archive-date=January 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105150811/https://nypost.com/2020/03/17/atlanta-furry-convention-canceled-due-to-coronavirus/|url-status=live}}</ref> Other attractions in Atlanta that have closed temporarily include the [[Children's Museum of Atlanta]], the [[World of Coca-Cola]], the [[College Football Hall of Fame]], [[Fernbank Museum of Natural History]], [[Georgia Aquarium]], the [[National Center for Civil and Human Rights]], and [[Zoo Atlanta]].<ref name="ajc-ho-fernbank">{{cite web |last1=Ho |first1=Rodney |title=Fernbank, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, College Hall of Fame all closed next week and probably longer |url=https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/fernbank-national-center-for-civil-and-human-rights-college-hall-fame-all-closed-next-week-and-probably-longer/WCOf7rDZEtmBf18PpxUUrN/ |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=March 25, 2020 |date=March 15, 2020 |archive-date=January 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105150758/https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/fernbank-national-center-for-civil-and-human-rights-college-hall-fame-all-closed-next-week-and-probably-longer/WCOf7rDZEtmBf18PpxUUrN/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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