County Commission urges state to move up teacher vaccinations
Narcissia Ivy, 83, walks to the observation room after getting a COVID-19 vaccine at the Southwest Community College Whitehaven Center Feb. 6, 2021. County commissioners are calling on the state health department to let Shelby move teachers up in the vaccination schedule. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The resolution, approved Monday, Feb. 8, in a unanimous vote, isn’t binding on the state. But it calls on the state to move teachers up in the vaccination line as a condition for reopening the state’s largest school system.
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