The Germantown Municipal School District will require students to wear face coverings when they return to class Tuesday. 

At least a couple of venues are reacting to the COVID surge by canceling their New Year’s Eve events, but so far the Beale Street festivities are still on.

New COVID cases for Shelby County came in above 3,000. 

Shelby County Health Department director Michelle Taylor urges masks and self-isolation for anyone experiencing mild symptoms. Residents are asked to avoid emergency rooms unless it’s a true emergency. 

The Tennessee Department of Health is coordinating with Walmart pharmacies to distribute Paxlovid by Pfizer and molnupiravir by Merck. Both drugs will be available for free, but will require a prescription. 

Staffers at local testing sites have been impacted by COVID infections, much like other local workplaces, causing a strain to the system. 

The latest COVID-19 Task Force briefing begins at noon, Thursday, Dec. 30.

The new year comes with a new health directive to permit ‘increased social distancing and to facilitate appropriate quarantine and isolation measures.’

Today’s number of new COVID cases beats the area’s previous high, reported Dec. 27, by more than 700 cases. 

A new drive-thru COVID-19 testing site just opened near the Memphis airport.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 962 new cases as of Wednesday, Dec. 29

Local hospitals and fire departments are met with challenges due to the recent spike in COVID cases. 

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris expects numbers at six public COVID-19 testing locations to remain high going into New Year’s. 

The Shelby County Health Department reported 1,540 new cases on Monday, Dec. 27.

Last week, the agency loosened rules that previously called on health care workers to stay out of work for 10 days if they test positive.

CVS and Walgreens pharmacies are also sold out of rapid testing kits online. 

An urgent care clinic at the site of the former Easy Way market at 5905 Stage Road provides a bridge between primary care and emergency room services. 

Nearly three out of every 1,000 Tennessee residents have died of COVID-19, new data from the state health department shows.

South Africa has been at the forefront of the Omicron wave and the world is watching for any signs of how it may play out there to try to understand what may be in store.

Shelby County Health Department director Dr. Michelle Taylor told Shelby County Commissioners Monday, Dec. 20, that caution is recommended for holiday gatherings.

Positive COVID tests among the staff at Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen have temporarily closed the popular East Memphis restaurant.

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

Watch the COVID-19 Task Force Briefing live now. 

“Licensure of liars should not be allowed,” one Nashville physician told the state legislature’s Joint Government Operations Committee.

‘These results indicate the variant may already be spreading in Shelby County and possibly elsewhere in the state,’ Shelby County Health Director Dr. Michelle Taylor said.