"I think quite honestly this week went real well other than a couple of virtual photos," Gov. Brian Kemp said at a news conference with the U.S. surgeon general.
In nearby Cherokee County, 12 students and two staff members from a dozen schools tested positive for the virus during their first week back at school. The Cherokee County school system reported that more than 250 students with potential exposure had been sent home to quarantine for two weeks.
Kemp and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams both said that Georgians can expect to see newly reported cases as schools and businesses reopen.
"I want the people of Georgia to know that we don't have to wait until we get a vaccine, we don't have to hide until we get a miracle therapeutic," Adams said.
"We need the Atlanta Falcons, we need the Atlanta Hawks, we need all the influencers out there who these teens look toward to be out promoting mask wearing, to have masks with cool designs on them, to make it a cool, a fun and exciting thing to do," he said. "And if we do that we'll see a lot more kids wearing masks than not wearing masks."
Georgia governor: School openings going well except photos of crowded hallways
Photos shared widely on social media last week showed hallways packed shoulder to shoulder at a school northwest of Atlanta.
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Instead of influencer... just do the government job of making it require?