(GA. NEWS NETWORK)
*The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed measles in an unvaccinated Macon County resident, bringing Georgia’s total to 22 cases this year, compared to ten cases in all of last year. The individual is isolating at home and although they have no known travel history, they had contact with a confirmed measles case from Pennsylvania, where an ongoing outbreak has passed 1,100 cases.
*A voter outreach bus tour is rolling through 28 Georgia counties where turnout has historically been low. The state NAACP kicked off its 10-day tour this week in Macon, bringing town halls on housing and health care to communities that include rural parts of the state. The tour comes as the national NAACP plans to spend $20-million mobilizing voters across 14 states ahead of the midterms.
*Three people are facing charges after an infant was found abandoned in Savannah. Police say officers responding to a child abandonment call early found an infant in a trash can near a hotel on Abercorn Street. Savannah Police Chief Lenny Gunther tells WSAV the child received medical care and is now in the custody of Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services. Investigators are also reminding the public about Georgia’s Safe Place for Newborns Act, which allows infants to be legally surrendered at hospitals, fire stations, and police stations.