Savannah: Savannah becomes first major Georgia city to reimpose mask mandate
By Greg Bluestein, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for SavannahNewsAndTalk.Com Mayor: ‘We’re on a very dangerous trend’ The city of Savannah is once again requiring the use of masks to halt the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, more than a year after it became the first city in Georgia to impose a requirement for face coverings. Savannah Mayor Van Johnson said Monday that he reinstated a mask mandate he let lapse in May to combat the spread of the highly contagious delta variant after seeing new cases in surrounding Chatham County spike and efforts to vaccinate more residents stall. Johnson said that he didn’t…