Shelby County to spend $2.5 million in COVID-19 fight

By Linda A. Moore, Daily Memphian Published: April 15, 2020 4:32 PM CT

A resolution that spends $2 million toward coronavirus expenses and allocates $500,000 to Christ Community Health Services for expanded coronavirus testing passed in a Shelby County Commission committee meeting on Wednesday, April 15 and in a special called meeting of the full commission shortly after.

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