Atlanta: Mayor Bottoms issues indoor mask mandate for public places in Atlanta
By J.D. Capelouto, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for Atlanta News And Talk Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an executive order Wednesday mandating residents wear a mask when indoors in a public place, even if they have been vaccinated, amid rising COVID-19 infections and the spread of the delta variant. The order applies to private businesses as well as public property, the mayor’s office said in a statement. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that individuals should wear a mask indoors in public if they are in an area of substantial or high transmission of the virus,…