On Monday the Cobb Board of Commissioners will hold a special called meeting to discuss the county’s response to Coronavirus.
That meeting starts at 1:30 p.m. in the second-floor board room of the Cobb government building, 100 Cherokee St., in downtown Marietta.
Earlier this week commissioners heard an overview of response plans, including the formation of a task force to include public safety, health and other administrative leaders.
Cobb Commission Chairman Mike Boyce and Cobb Public and Douglas Health Director Dr. Janice Memark later provided an update (below).
Georgia’s first Coronavirus death this week was a patient at WellStar Kennestone Hospital, and Cobb has eight positive cases, including an individual at Kincaid Elementary School in East Cobb.
Those eight cases are the most in the state, along with eight in Fulton County, as Georgia’s count has surpassed 40.
Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday asked schools to close, and many did.
The Cobb County School District announced late Thursday iit would be closing until further notice, starting on Monday.
Private schools also are closing, in accordance with the Cobb closure, and the state university system and many private colleges also are closing.
More planes carrying San Francisco cruise ship passengers arrived late Thursday and early Friday at Dobbins Air Base in Cobb, where they are undergoing quarantine.
The first two planes totalled nearly 250; it’s unclear now how many individuals in all are being housed at Dobbins.
On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump was expected to declare a national state of emergency.
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Cobb government has made a number of cancellation and closure announcements this week, and other events in Cobb also have been called off. Here’s the most updated list the county is sending out for now:
- The Cat Art Show at the Art Place-Mountain View scheduled for March 28 has been cancelled;
- The Bellpoint Gem Show organizer has canceled March 13-15 shows at the Cobb Civic Center;
- Peach State Roller Derby opening matches on March 28 at the Cobb Civic Center are cancelled;
- Georgia Ballet’s production of COPPELIA at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre March 19-22 has been canceled.
- The SPLOST Oversight Committee meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 19 has been cancelled;
- The 2020 Cobb Spring Book Sale scheduled for March 13-15, at the Cobb Civic Center has been cancelled;
- Spring Arts Fest scheduled for Saturday, March 21 has been cancelled;
- The “Airplanes and Aircrews” event on March 21 at the Aviation Wing has been postponed until June 6;
- Cobb Library events are cancelled through March 31, and community room use by outside organizations at Cobb libraries are also cancelled;
- Commissioner Ott cancels town halls scheduled for March 17 at Chestnut Ridge Christian Church and April 21 at East Cobb Library;
- SPLOST Open Houses canceled through March 31. Public meetings will resume in April.
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