UTHSC plays key role in COVID vaccine research
Using surrogate viruses developed by UTHSC professor, labs working on COVID vaccines and boosters can check their efficacy without using the dangerous SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Using surrogate viruses developed by UTHSC professor, labs working on COVID vaccines and boosters can check their efficacy without using the dangerous SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Skills of all kinds are needed, and experts say volunteers will be needed for months and months.
From Jan. 23 to Saturday, the Health Department reported an average of 325 new cases and 3,593 test results a day with a 9% positivity rate. While the case average is still higher than in most points of the pandemic, that’s a notable decline from the previous two-week period.
The Shelby County Health Department reported 319 new coronavirus cases and 7 additional deaths on Sunday, Feb. 7.
According to the latest Shelby County Health Department data, close to 60,000 people in Shelby County have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose.
The resolution, approved Monday, Feb. 8, in a unanimous vote, isn’t binding on the state. But it calls on the state to move teachers up in the vaccination line as a condition for reopening the state’s largest school system.
Many Memphians are growing frustrated and the gap between those receiving first and second doses is widening.
Around 9:30 a.m. the Health Department said it would administer second doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at Germantown Baptist Church on Friday.
UTHSC confirms it has identified two variant strains of the virus in Shelby County.
The Shelby County Health Department announced Tuesday it would have 700 appointments for the second dose of coronavirus vaccine available this week. Within 15 minutes, all 700 available slots were filled.
Collierville and Germantown hope students may help offset costs and staffing needs at the Germantown Baptist Church regional vaccine site.
As the public continues to voice its frustration with the local COVID-19 vaccine process, Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter says she understands the frustration and that the ‘buck stops’ with the Health Department. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris declined to comment.
The Appling City Cove vaccination site remains the closest site for Northeast Shelby County as suburbs in that area seek a location to serve their citizens.
The day’s positivity rate hovered around 8%.
The letter to pastors and congregations from seven council members points to a racial disparity in the virus and death rates from the virus as well as testing that is now surfacing in vaccination numbers for the county.