Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp slammed Atlanta mayor’s decision to roll back the city’s reopening to Phase 1, calling it „confusing“ and „legally unenforceable,“ his office said Friday.
Phase 1 includes an order for residents to stay home except for essential trips. The city was in Phase 2 of reopening. Earlier this week the mayor, a Democrat, mandated people within the city limits wear a face covering.
Georgia added a record 4,484 new coronavirus case reports in one day, the state’s department of public heath said Friday.
But the governor’s office said the mayor’s plan is not „legally enforceable“ because Kemp, a Republican, signed an executive order that prohibits local action from being more prohibitive than the state’s requirements.
„Once again, if the mayor actually wants to flatten the curve in Atlanta, she should start enforcing state restrictions, which she has failed to do.
