Update 2020-03-13:
Presentation Slides and
More information on the DPH website.

Dr. William R. Grow, Director, Georgia’s South Health District,
said he had never seen anything like this in his 40 year medical career.
Handwashing is the single best prevention for the novel coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease it causes.

Crowd

Status at this meeting,
9AM Thursday March 12, 2020,
was one case from South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC) tested positive when
he went to a Florida hospital,
SGMC is scrubbing itself, and
Moody Air Force Base had one positive case of the virus.

There is no GA DPH recommendation yet on large meetings other than if you’re ill stay home.
The Mayor of Savannah has postponed St. Patrick’s Day,
and Ireland, Chicago, and Boson have cancelled theirs.
So far Azalea Festival in Valdosta says it will go on, with multiple hand-washing stations.

Here are the main parts of the meeting, which was
at South Health HQ on Savannah Ave. in Valdosta, Georgia.

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