A case of coronavirus has been reported for an employee at FedEx corporate headquarters on Shady Grove Road in East Memphis. The office was shut down for cleaning and disinfecting.

With COVID-19 spreading statewide, the governor signed an executive order Thursday to expand the state’s health care capacity and give people more time to renew driver’s licenses and car tags. It even allows the Parole Board to hold closed meetings.

Memphis Athletic Director Laird Veatch outlines how the UofM is handling the coronavirus outbreak.

“The people who are most vulnerable to COVID-19 are those over 60, those with significant chronic disease issues, and those who medications compromise their immune systems,” said Dr. Scott Morris. “Those are the people who go to church.”

Increasingly, hopes of the NBA season resuming look slim. If the season is done – and for all it costs the league, teams and individual players – the Grizzlies' future should be just fine. 

A historic state of civil emergency from Mayor Jim Strickland Tuesday shuts down restaurants, bars, gyms and urges a suspension of services at places of worship. The move represents an action last used by a Memphis mayor during the 1978 police and firefighter strike.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris declared a state of emergency Thursday. Shelby County has been approved for public assistance and some federal aid.

The festival is looking at dates in the fall for the series of events that cover a month.

Neither of Tennessee's two Republican senators was happy about the aid package that extends paid sick leave as one of several responses to the economic impact of novel coronavirus.

A criminal justice reform advocate is calling for all youngsters detained in Shelby County’s juvenile detention center to be released immediately to reduce the impact of the coronavirus.

Le Bonheur pediatrician-in-chief Dr. Jon McCullers, who has worked with the CDC and on past pandemic planning, talked on "Behind The Headlines" about development of a local test at UTHSC. 

Health department says uptick may be sign transmission is happening in Memphis.

So far, the Shelby County Schools district only has 30,000 to 40,000 take-home devices for 95,000 students. Students living in poverty are less likely to have a computer at home, Ray said.

Strapped SCS, with some of the lowest test scores in the state, in matter of weeks must offer classes online.

Taylor Berger and his partners made the hard decision to close Railgarten, Rec Room and Highland Axe & Rec. What does that mean for his 100 employees? And what does that mean for the rest of us?

Mayor Jim Strickland announces churches, dine-in restaurants and gyms must close.

Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said it would take the courts to order the release of inmates because of the coronavirus threat. 

A Tennessee legislator's tweet that "the national media is promoting fear and sheer panic" earns well-deserved criticism. 

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris says in an exclusive interview with The Daily Memphian that he would not have gone with a Memphis In May delegation to Ghana had he had any idea of how quickly the coronavirus pandemic would explode.

While The Daily Memphian’s COVID-19 coverage is available to everyone for free, it is not free to produce. 

'One piece of good news is that the other coronaviruses that continue to circulate among humans typically cause very mild illness like a common cold.'

Gov. Bill Lee issued a disaster declaration Wednesday, enabling small businesses to seek federal loans as coronavirus cases are expected to rise amid increased testing.

The popular restaurants in the Enjoy A|M group have closed because of fears of coronavirus and dwindling diners.

Daily Memphian photographers Jim Weber, Mark Weber and Patrick Lantrip, along with a number of regular contributors, document the impact as citizens, businesses and government deal with the novel coronavirus in Memphis and Shelby County. To view our full coverage, check out The Daily Memphian’s coronavirus landing page.

For more images, view the April gallery here.

We are doing our best to tell readers what is happening with the virus, especially regarding testing in Memphis.