There are 7 article(s) tagged Task force briefing:

• September 2021

  • Health Dept. director: ‘COVID is not done with us’

    The local Health Department is not planning on additional COVID-19 business restrictions at this time but “nothing is off the table,” said its director. 

    By Abigail Warren September 09, 2021

• August 2021

  • Local COVID-19 hospitalization rates hit new high

    Children now account for more COVID-19 infections in Shelby County than 18- to 34-year-olds, another record.

    By Jane Roberts August 26, 2021

• January 2021

  • COVID surge taxing contact tracing efforts of Health Dept.

    The Health Department expects to double down on enforcement, targeting workplaces associated with spread, including warehouses and other industrial settings.

    By Jane Roberts January 08, 2021

• October 2020

  • Health Dept.: Coronavirus numbers ‘foreshadow challenging fall’

    “The only community that is not in the red is Tate County, Mississippi,” said Shelby County Health Dept. Deputy Director David Sweat. “If you live anywhere in the Mid-South, you live in a county we determine to be at high risk of transmission.”

    By Jane Roberts October 27, 2020

  • Watch the Oct.27 Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force Briefing

    Following a marked rise in new coronavirus cases, COVID-19 task force briefings are back to twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 27, 2020

• September 2020

  • Coronavirus task force: Containing spread critical now as cases rise

    The average number of new cases has risen from 121 to 164 in the early days of this week. 

    By Jane Roberts September 17, 2020

  • Watch Now: Sept. 17 task force briefing

    Watch the Shelby County Health Department COVID-19 from Thursday, Sept. 17.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 17, 2020