County Commission sorts out future of county vaccination efforts
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris (in a file photo) is expected to name an interim replacement soon for Alisa Haushalter, the health department director who announced her resignation Feb. 26. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
The regular Monday session of the commission will be followed by a special Friday meeting with Tennessee Health commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey on problems that led the state to shift control of COVID vaccine distribution from the county to the city of Memphis.
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