Georgia withholds school COVID-19 counts from public

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Georgia withholds school COVID-19 counts from public


Sept 25, 2020
By Ty Tagami, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia health officials have decided to withhold information about coronavirus infections at each school, saying the public has no legal right to information about outbreaks that the state is investigating.

The Georgia Department of Public Health started requiring weekly reports from the schools last month and initially said it might share the information with the public. The decision not to reveal the number of COVID-19 case counts and related quarantines and “clusters” means the only recourse for parents and teachers trying to gauge the risk is the willingness of their local school system to publicize its own data.