Editing COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (U.S. state) (section)

=== April to June 2020 ===

[[File: Empty paper towel shelves, CVS, Valdosta.jpg|thumb|An empty aisle of shelving after widespread [[panic buying]] of paper towels at a [[CVS Pharmacy|CVS]] in Valdosta]]

On April 1, 2020, Governor Kemp ordered that all K-12 schools close through the end of the 2019–20 academic year.<ref name=aprilschoolclosures/> On April 2, Kemp issued a statewide shelter in place order, saying he had just learned "within the last 24 hours" that [[asymptomatic carrier]]s could transmit the disease even if they were not exhibiting symptoms. However, documents show that state officials were warned about so-called community transmission as early as March 2.<ref name="Judd"/>

Governor Kemp issued an order effective April 3 suspending local shelter-in-place mandates, reopening beaches so long as people stay six feet apart.<ref>{{cite news |last=Deese |first=Kaelan |date=April 4, 2020 |title=4 Georgia beaches reopen after governor's executive order |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/news/491157-georgia-beaches-reopen-after-governors-executive-order |url-status=live |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409173031/https://thehill.com/homenews/news/491157-georgia-beaches-reopen-after-governors-executive-order |archive-date=April 9, 2020 |access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref>

On April 8, Governor Kemp extended the statewide shelter in place order through the end of April.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/breaking-kemp-extends-shelter-place-order-georgia-through-april/TsMutJJldcp9FTb3QTD00J/|title=Kemp extends shelter in place order in Georgia through April|first=Greg|last=Bluestein|website=ajc|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417081612/https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/breaking-kemp-extends-shelter-place-order-georgia-through-april/TsMutJJldcp9FTb3QTD00J/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 17, four [[Tyson Foods]] employees died of COVID-19 in [[Camilla, Georgia]], and an undisclosed number were infected.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=April 17, 2020 |title=4 Georgia poultry workers dead from coronavirus, company says |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/4-georgia-poultry-workers-dead-coronavirus-company-says-n1186326 |url-status=dead |work=[[NBC News]] |location=[[Savannah, Georgia]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225032341/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/4-georgia-poultry-workers-dead-coronavirus-company-says-n1186326 |archive-date=December 25, 2020 |access-date=January 31, 2021 }}</ref>

From June 17–27, the [[YMCA]]’s Camp High Harbor on [[Lake Burton (Georgia)|Lake Burton]] in [[Rabun County, Georgia|Rabun County]] held an orientation and a camp session for 597 Georgia residents. On June 24, a teenage counselor tested positive and the camp started sending campers home, shutting down the camp on June 27. Of the 344 people tested,  260 (44%) were positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{cite news |author=WSBTV.com News Staff |date=July 31, 2020 |title=Hundreds of Georgia campers infected with coronavirus at YMCA camp in just days, CDC report finds |url=https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/hundreds-georgia-campers-infected-with-coronavirus-ymca-summer-camp-cdc-report-finds/EL5FFTVSDVETRGROPEXK6CIZNM/ |url-status=live |work=[[WSB-TV]] |location=[[Rabun County, Georgia]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731221111/https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/hundreds-georgia-campers-infected-with-coronavirus-ymca-summer-camp-cdc-report-finds/EL5FFTVSDVETRGROPEXK6CIZNM/ |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |access-date=August 1, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author=Christine M. Szablewski, DVM |author2=Karen T. Chang, PhD |author3=Marie M. Brown, MPH |author4=Victoria T. Chu, MD |author5=Anna R. Yousaf, MD |author6=Ndubuisi Anyalechi, MD |author7=Peter A. Aryee, MBA |author8=Hannah L. Kirking, MD |author9=Maranda Lumsden |author10=Erin Mayweather |author11=Clinton J. McDaniel, MPH |author12=Robert Montierth, PharmD |author13=Asfia Mohammed |author14=Noah G. Schwartz, MD |author15=Jaina A. Shah |author16=Jacqueline E. Tate, PhD |author17=Emilio Dirlikov, PhD |author18=Cherie Drenzek, DVM |author19=Tatiana M. Lanzieri, MD |author20=Rebekah J. Stewart, MSN, MPH |date=July 31, 2020 |title=SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Infection Among Attendees of an Overnight Camp — Georgia, June 2020 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6931e1.htm?s_cid=mm6931e1_w |publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] |access-date=August 1, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731170819/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6931e1.htm?s_cid=mm6931e1_w |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |quote=The overall attack rate was 44% (260 of 597), 51% among those aged 6–10 years, 44% among those aged 11–17 years, and 33% among those aged 18–21 years. Attack rates presented are likely an underestimate because cases might have been missed among persons not tested or whose test results were not reported}}</ref>