There are 37 article(s) tagged COVID 19 vaccines:
Where the Shelby County Health Department failed, the City of Memphis is so far succeeding as the authority over the local COVID-19 vaccination process. It’s a combination of leadership, an effective command system that touches all levels of the operation and a resolve to be accountable.
‘All told, Shelby County has lost over 1,500 lives,’ Mayor Lee Harris writes. ‘That’s more than the number of soldiers from Shelby County lost during the Vietnam War, Korean War and World War II, combined.’
The available doses were initially earmarked just for school employees from the Arlington, Lakeland and Millington municipal districts. Some town employees, day care center employees and senior citizens 65 and up in the Arlington area were later added.
The iconography atop the General Lee is the battle flag of a slavery republic. Violence in the name of white supremacy is its inherent, explicit meaning.
It only took a dozen days after that March 8 news conference for Mayor Jim Strickland to invoke the first civil emergency order in Memphis in more than a generation, closing gyms, bars and indoor restaurant dining.Related story:
New COVID-19 vaccination system does not provide option for second doses for people who got first shots early; also does not recognize some underlying conditions.
When state investigation is over, state Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey says she will report to the citizens of Shelby County.
More than 200 inmates at two Shelby County corrections facilities were offered COVID-19 vaccines that were about to expire.
Our Health Department director sacrificed a tremendous amount personally in a difficult crisis to serve us along with the two mayors and COVID task force, and has had a major contribution in keeping us safe.
With the approval of a new COVID-19 vaccine, FedEx is preparing to increase the number of doses it delivers on behalf of the federal government each week.
The council can’t fire Shelby County Health Director Alisa Haushalter, but council member Chase Carlisle will propose the resolution at Tuesday’s council meeting. There could be more calls Friday, when Haushalter and County Mayor Lee Harris speak at a special meeting of the Shelby County Commission.
Despite Tuesday’s news the Shelby County Health Department will no longer distribute COVID-19 vaccines, Arlington Community Schools doesn’t anticipate any problems for area school employees scheduled to receive their shots on Friday at the suburb’s high school.
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