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With the Delta coronavirus variant 50% more transmissible than the Alpha variant, Shelby County Health Department deputy director David Sweat said the summer could be “rough” for those who are not vaccinated or have not already had the coronavirus.
Shelby County Health Department Deputy Director David Sweat is joining the Mecklenburg County Health Department in North Carolina.
In low-vaccination ZIP codes or counties, the Delta variant is expected to produce substantial local outbreaks.
After tens of thousands of Memphis schoolchildren were vaccinated during the 1994-96 outbreak, the CDC looked at results and changed its rules on when shots are given.
“When we look at modeling based on expected reproductive rate, right now it suggests that by the end of July more than 50% of (coronavirus) disease here could be because of Delta,” said David Sweat, deputy director of the Shelby County Health Department.
Who is most at risk and how many local residents have reportedly been infected despite getting a vaccine.
14 other probable cases awaiting testing or results.
Shelby County is about 51% toward its goal of vaccinating 700,000 people, according to the county Health Department. As of Thursday, 355,102 total people are vaccinated with 270,297 of them fully vaccinated.
Tennessee is one of the eight lowest performing states for vaccinations; Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris says incentives are necessary.
Vaccination rates in Shelby’s ZIP codes range from 21% to 62%.
The site will remain open, but with new hours beginning Thursday.
Shelby County children as young as 12 were starting to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Thursday, May 13.
The mask mandate will be lifted in the new health directive, beginning Saturday, May 15.
The City of Memphis is ready now to set up phone banks, dispatch street teams.
One variant linked to India’s recent COVID-19 surge was detected in Shelby County this week, said David Sweat, Shelby County Health Department deputy director.
FEMA is expected to pack up and leave May 17, taking 21,000 extra doses of the vaccine with it.
Demand, even with $20 gift cards, is at one-third of the capacity to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
U.K. variant is now the most common in Shelby County. The question is, how sick will it make people in their 20s, 30s and 40s?
City also giving MATA riders free rides to Pipkin and making blocks of slots available to groups, including businesses.
With ample vaccine, the push is on to get people in line to stem the tide of the rapidly growing U.K. strain, which now accounts for 30%-50% of COVID cases in Shelby County.
Vaccinating 700,000 people — about 70% of the population —would be sufficient for the county to reach herd immunity, according to local public health experts.
Authorities are concentrating their search in ZIP codes with high concentrations of warehousing and manufacturing.
A federal partnership with FEMA is bringing 21,000 new vaccine doses each week and a football field-sized tent.
The idea that the vaccine was rushed to the finish line is the largest factor in potentially keeping people away except for the 42.3% under 35 who said they trust no vaccine.
The surge in vaccines administered means about 21.2% of Shelby County residents have received at least one shot. That exceeds the overall state population (20.8%), a notable change from the when the county initially lagged behind Tennessee.