Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she would sign an order Wednesday requiring the use of masks in the city, joining a chorus of local governments who are going beyond Gov. Brian Kemp’s order that encourages but not mandates the use of face coverings.
“Atlanta is going to do it today because the fact of the matter is that COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on our city, specifically black and brown communities with higher death rates,” Bottoms said on MSNBC.
“We’ll never be able to reopen our schools and our economy if we don’t take some responsibility for what we can do as leaders.”
A spate of Georgia cities are moving to require the use of face masks to contain the coronavirus after Savannah became the first local government to adopt a mandate last week.
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