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Athens-Clarke County leaders discussed a proposed curfew and a limit on public gatherings Monday evening to slow down the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Mayor Kelly Girtz scheduled the emergency meeting of the mayor and commission to approve the measures and to declare a state of emergency in the city. An agenda for the meeting listed a curfew period of 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., but commissioners were also considering a 7 p.m. start time for the curfew, said Commissioner Russell Edwards.

The number of people allowed in gatherings may also change. The commission’s agenda item set a 50-person limit, but President Trump on Monday recommended a 10-person limit on gatherings.

The curfew would make it "unlawful for any person to travel, loiter, wander or stroll in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, lanes, parks, or other public grounds, public places, public buildings, places of amusement, eating places, vacant lots, or any other place during said declared emergency" during the curfew’s duration.

The curfew will be "subject to certain exceptions and to provide for other purposes as may be necessary to preserve, protect and sustain the life, health, welfare and safety" of Athens citizens, according to the proposal.

Exceptions include someone on an emergency errand; traveling to or returning directly from work; "directly to or from an activity involving the exercise of First Amendment rights of free speech, freedom of assembly or free exercise of religion; someone traveling through Athens engaged in interstate or intrastate vehicular travel; someone procuring food or medicine or seeking medical care; or when a person is on the sidewalk adjoining the property where the person resides or on either side of or across the street from the property where the person resides and the adult owner or resident of that property has given permission for the person to be there."

The actions come as state Department of Public Health officials announced the third case of COVID-19 in Athens. The State Department of Public Health on Sunday confirmed the first two diagnoses of the disease here. As of Monday, Georgia had recorded 121 cases in 23 counties, and one death.