Four years after pandemic’s start, UTHSC shutters COVID testing lab
The lab also analyzed tests from the drive-thru testing site at Tiger Lane — a collaboration between the university, Shelby County Health Department and the City of Memphis — as well as tests from other test sites, labs and area hospitals. (Caleb Jia/Courtesy University of Tennessee Health Science Center)
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, UTHSC’s lab provided testing for Memphians across the city, from the Memphis Grizzlies to the city’s homeless community, and analyzed tests from the drive-thru testing site at Tiger Lane.
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Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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