There are 11 article(s) tagged Memphis/Shelby County Joint COVID Task Force:

• April 2023

  • Health officials hold final COVID briefing

    Dr. Michelle Taylor, Shelby County Health Department director, said the decision to end the regularly scheduled meetings is a result of improvement over the last few weeks. 

    By Jasmine McCraven April 19, 2023

• December 2021

  • COVID-19 cases rise amid holiday season

    Shelby County Health Department Director Michelle Taylor said the holidays could be to blame.

    By Abigail Warren December 16, 2021

• July 2021

  • No new mask mandates, for now

    The next health directive will offer clearer guidance on when and where to mask, but Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said he does not expect additional restrictions or mask mandates at this time.

    By Abigail Warren July 30, 2021

• November 2020

  • Can COVID-19 pod testing save the holidays?

    New kits allow up to 20 family members to self-test at home, so we tried it.

    By David Waters November 19, 2020

• September 2020

  • Health Dept. defends latest health directive

    “Limited-service (restaurants) are not riskier than others if measures are followed,” said Dr. Bruce Randolph, Shelby County health officer.

    By Jane Roberts September 24, 2020

  • Health Dept.: Significant complaints received about businesses, 5 closed down

    County health department officials visited 13 sites that have received complaints for failing to follow distancing or masking or other rules; five were closed after failing to heed warnings. 

    By Jane Roberts September 09, 2020

• July 2020

  • Haushalter: goal is to have ‘tripwires’ ready tomorrow

    Alisa Haushalter, Shelby County Health Department director, said the goal is to have coronavirus tripwires ready by tomorrow afternoon. She said this will be a good way to let the public know if we reach certain thresholds, actions will be taken.

    By Omer Yusuf July 30, 2020

  • Health officer: Testing labs improve capacity and availability of reagents

    Dr. Bruce Randolph, Shelby County Health Department health officer, said coronavirus test results are coming back in three days or less in some cases. The goal is for that to be between 24 to 48 hours.

    By Omer Yusuf July 29, 2020

• June 2020

  • Official: About 13% of local population tested for coronavirus

    Shelby County has performed more coronavirus tests than any other county in the state, according to Health Officer Dr. Bruce Randolph.

    By Omer Yusuf June 30, 2020

  • Health Department: 232 hospitalized locally for coronavirus

    David Sweat, head of epidemiology at the Shelby County Health Department, said the age of those hospitalized has gone down since the pandemic started.

    By Omer Yusuf June 25, 2020

• May 2020

  • Herrington: Our coronavirus situation is stable, but we still have choices to make

    When the Memphis/Shelby County Joint COVID Task Force moved from daily to twice-weekly briefings this week, I saw it as a sign that living with the virus, and accepting that you’re living with it, means not being gripped by a crisis report day after day after day. 

     

    By Chris Herrington May 27, 2020