Coronavirus live blog, April 1: Marshall Co. Schools suspends meal plan
Health Department medical director Dr. Bruce Randolph said 5,506 have been tested, with 9% positive.
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Health Department medical director Dr. Bruce Randolph said 5,506 have been tested, with 9% positive.
The Health Department made public some social-distancing guidelines that golf courses should follow if they want to operate. But the eight public courses in the City of Memphis will remain closed.
There have been 546 COVID-19 cases and four deaths in the metro area that comprises Shelby, Fayette and Tipton counties in Tennessee; Crittenden County, Arkansas; and DeSoto and Marshall counties in Mississippi.
Confirmation numbers doubling here as model suggests, every five to seven days.
SCS cancels mass lunch distribution program for students because a food service worker is one of the newly confirmed cases.
Mayor Jim Strickland announces churches, dine-in restaurants and gyms must close.
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Even with fourth coronavirus patient, Shelby County Health Department director said there is still no need for mass testing.
The two cases of coronavirus in Shelby County were contracted after Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans.
State basketball tournaments are latest cancellations with COVID-19.
It also has established weekly sessions to update media on new findings.
Shelby County Health Department chief cites quick containment of measles outbreak several years ago as an example of how local health care partners work together for the public's welfare.
Former employees and one ex-inmate allege in lawsuits that Wellpath LLC is not providing satisfactory care at Shelby County facilities.
Eleven others who have returned from countries affected by the virus are still in quarantine.
List is based on data collected by the Centers for Disease Control; in 2018, Memphis ranked No. 17.
Tests are for students who miss blood-testing in their schools.
Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter says lead testing in Shelby County Schools should be finished by late March and she will report on findings in April.
Testing has begun at the 39 Shelby County Schools where high levels of lead were found in various water sources.
Shelby County's Groundwater Board tabled action on Carrier Corp.'s request to release treated wastewater into the Memphis aquifer via injection wells.
The city recently received a federal grant to remove lead paint from 120 homes where low-income families live with young children. City officials consider any home built before 1978 to be at risk for lead paint because paint could deteriorate over time.
The Shelby County Commission voted Monday to transfer $80,000 to the Health Department to cover the cost to test potentially 19,000 students at 35 schools where excessive levels of lead were found in water sources.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris will bring in local health department officials and a national environmental advocate to help make the case to county commissioners Wednesday to invest in transit to aid the environment.
The Shelby County Health Department will operate its Commodity Supplemental Food Program from the warehouse at 1020 S. Bellevue Blvd.