Health Dept. Director: Shelby County mask mandate ‘needs to happen quickly’
Dr. Michelle Taylor speaks with a reporter on Monday, July 19, 2021 Vasco A. Smith Jr. County Administration Building. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
“We must have a universal mask mandate in Shelby County and it needs to happen quickly,” Health Department director Dr. Michelle Taylor told the County Commission Wednesday.
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