Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey sat down with our Nashville NBC affiliate, WSMV, to talk about the state’s ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts and the problems that can, and do, arise.
After a Monday press conference, Gov. Tate Reeves and Dr. Thomas Dobbs announced more appointments had been made available for the COVID-19 vaccine to those eligible.
The Shelby County Health Department is in its third weekend of administering COVID-19 vaccines for everyone in group 1a1 as well as those 75 years of age and older.
Mississippi state health leaders say they are still not out of the woods, but they are noticing a modest decline in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and nursing home outbreaks.
Some Mississippi hospitals are being forced to cancel vaccine appointments while others are still waiting for shipments of vaccines for their community members.
The goal is to vaccinate around 650,000 people twice by the end of the year, but with the state currently offering 8,900 doses a week, there simply isn’t enough to reach that goal.
Recent numbers from a pool of people vaccinated by the Shelby County Health Department show twice as many white people in Shelby County have gotten the COVID-19 vaccine than African American and other races.
The Shelby County Health Department said it’s working to set up a separate vaccination site for those needing their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Vaccinations continue to ramp up across the Mid-South. Now, the federal government is recommending states start vaccinating people 65 years of age and older.
“I think the idea is, let’s try to get the maximum number of people vaccinated. We know 10 days after you get your first shot you are protected, 14 days you are very well protected up to 90 (percent),” said infectious disease consultant Dr. Manoj Jain.
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About three weeks after getting their first COVID-19 vaccine, many Memphis health care workers received their second dose completing their vaccination process.
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Lee said two weeks into distribution, more than 150,000 Tennesseans have received their vaccines and said Tennessee is one of the top states in the nation for total doses administered.
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The Shelby County Health Department is changing how they are distributing the COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday as the rollout of the vaccine continues in Shelby County.
The Shelby County Health Department announced they will close two COVID-19 vaccine site this week. The Lindenwood Christan Church and 1826 Sycamore View Road sites are closed until further notice.
After the vaccine rollout hit some snags in the first week of availability, the Shelby County Health Department is prepared to continue distribution on Monday.
On the last day of 2020, Tipton County teachers received an email stating, “The Tipton County Health Department will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines to school personnel.”
The vaccine is expected to be relied on in many countries because of its low cost, availability and ease of use. It can be kept in refrigerators rather than the ultra-cold storage some other vaccines require.
First responders and certain high-risk frontline health care workers received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine Monday, including Shelby County law enforcement and firefighters.
A huge U.S. study of another possible COVID-19 vaccine is getting underway as states continue to roll out scarce supplies of the first shots cleared for emergency use.
First responders across the state of Tennessee are now getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Soon, Memphis firefighters and police officers will get vaccinated.
Bessie McEntire is a 98-year-old resident at Ridgecrest Health and Rehabilitation. Wednesday, she was finally able to sit with her daughter in person for the first time since March.
“We had 10 months of waiting and 10 months of trying to keep everyone safe and patient and well,” Brian Rega, Director of Senior Housing Services at St. Bernards said. “They were elated and so we got everything together and we were able to administer the shots [Wednesday] morning.”
Baptist Memorial Hospital in Collierville is expecting to receive doses of the Moderna vaccine Wednesday, but health officials have warned that the start of next year could be an uphill battle even with the arrival of vaccines.
