Amid COVID-19 vaccine issues, process continues
Tyrone Currie (right) drives his parents, James Thomas Currie (left) and Luvenia Currie, while waiting outside the Pipkin Building to receive their COVID-19 vaccines, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Brad Vest/Daily Memphian file)
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said the city is confident —along with its other partners like local hospitals — it can currently deliver 40,000 inoculations, both first and second doses, each week. That’s more than double the current average of 10,000 to 15,000 doses administered.
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Omer Yusuf covers Bartlett and North Memphis neighborhoods for The Daily Memphian. He also analyzes COVID-19 data each week. Omer is a former Jackson Sun reporter and University of Memphis graduate.
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