Closer Look: Fulton County Jail Responds To Inmates Testing Positive for COVID-19; The Challenges To Provide Hospice Care During The Pandemic; Teen Reporter Gives His Take On The Coronavirus’ Spread

Friday, March 27, 2020 on “Closer Look with Rose Scott:”

• 00:00: Rose Scott reports on Governor Brian Kemp’s tele-town hall yesterday in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Then, we hear the latest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Georgia as of noon today.
• Finally, at an Atlanta Public School System town hall last night, APS Superintendent Dr. Meria Cartstarphen said students will have spring break this year.
• 02:19: Four Fulton County Jail inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus. Lieutenant Colonel Adam Lee, assistant chief jailer at Fulton County Jail, joins “Closer Look” by phone to tell us more about these cases.
• 18:07: Tony Kudner, vice president of communications and public affairs at Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care, joins “Closer Look” by phone to discuss the challenges of providing hospice care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 36:12: Bryce Jones, an eighth-grade student from Woodstock, was one of 50 Kid Reporters chosen to join Scholastic Kids Press, an award-winning team of young journalists from around the world. He joined us last year to talk about the stories he’d been covering, and, now, we check-in with him again to get a teen journalist’s perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic.