Georgia lawmakers asked the attorney general to investigate the message in a letter Friday.
"We are still having thousands upon thousands of people testing positive. Our death rate is continuing to go up, and the way that it was explained to me by our public health officials is simply because we may have reached one peak doesn't mean that we won't reach another," Bottoms said in an interview onPresident Donald Trump has also come out against Kemp reopening those businesses"too soon.
Kemp announced Monday that"given the favorable data, enhanced testing and approval of our healthcare professionals, we will allow gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, barbers, cosmetologists, hair designers, nail care artists, estheticians, their respective schools and massage therapists to reopen their doors this Friday."
The governor said those businesses have not been able to"manage inventory, deal with payroll, and take care of administrative items while we shelter in place." Georgia has 22,695 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 904 deaths, according to the state's Department of Public HealthATLANTA, GEORGIA - OCTOBER 22, 2019: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks onstage during"Between the World and Me" Atlanta premiere at Atlanta Symphony Hall on October 22, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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