There are 12 article(s) tagged COVID 19:

• January 2022

  • Health Department offering COVID booster shots for younger teenagers

    Shelby County now offering booster shots for children ages 12 to 15. 

    By Jasmine McCraven January 12, 2022

  • Jury trials suspended in Shelby County as COVID cases spike

    Jury trials in Shelby County Criminal Court are suspended through Jan. 28 as COVID cases increase locally. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 05, 2022

• December 2021

  • Memphians report looooong lines at local COVID testing site

    CVS and Walgreens pharmacies are also sold out of rapid testing kits online. 

    By Jasmine McCraven December 27, 2021

• November 2021

  • Pipkin vaccination site will remain open through Dec. 15

    The Shelby County Health Department also issued a new health directive on Monday, Nov. 29.

    By Jasmine McCraven,  The Daily Memphian Staff November 29, 2021

  • Watch the COVID-19 Task Force Briefing

    Watch the COVID-19 Task Force Briefing live now.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 04, 2021

• October 2021

  • Suburban parents consider vaccine options for children

    Some parents remain unsure about their children receiving the shot. But one family’s experience of living in Europe and seeing unvaccinated classmates contract chickenpox was a game-changer.

    By Michael Waddell October 12, 2021

  • Memphis Health Center taking COVID shots, tests mobile

    Memphis Health Center aims to use its new mobile health clinic to travel through ZIP codes that are flagged by the Shelby County Health Department for having the lowest COVID-19 testing numbers and highest positive test rates.

    By Jasmine McCraven October 07, 2021

  • Pfizer asks U.S. to allow COVID shots for kids ages 5 to 11

    Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11.

    By The Associated Press October 07, 2021

  • Tested positive, have risk factors? There soon may be a pill for that

    Think of it as Tamiflu for COVID.

    By Jane Roberts October 06, 2021

  • Health Dept. Director: ‘We wish they would call us back’

    “People don’t understand why they are being asked to name people. They don’t understand the whole role of contact tracing,” said Dr. Rebecca Wurtz, director of Public Health Administration and Policy at the University of Minnesota. 

    By Jane Roberts October 04, 2021

  • SCS reports 165 new COVID-19 cases among students, 30 among staff

    Shelby County Schools reported 165 new COVID-19 cases among students and 30 among staff at the district-managed public and charter schools for the week of Sept. 24-30.

    By Daja E. Henry October 01, 2021

• September 2021

  • 5- to 11-year-olds may have COVID vaccine by Halloween

    Nationally, children account for one in five coronavirus cases. But in Shelby County the numbers are more severe, with 25% of new patients being youngsters.

    By Jane Roberts September 21, 2021