The new health directive states if you are vaccinated or not you do not have to wear a mask in public unless a business requires it. It’s been nearly a month since the mask mandate was first loosened, and with 71 percent of adults in the county showing some sort of immunity to COVID-19, case numbers are heading in the right direction.
Shelby County Health Department and Shelby County Joint Task Force have released a new YouTube video using a popular TikTok trend to encourage residents to get vaccinated.
A woman who identified herself as a nurse practitioner student tried to defend an Ohio doctor’s unproven claim by proving she actually is magnetic after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19 case numbers continue to go down more than three weeks after the Shelby County mask mandate was loosened. The CDC has found previously infected people are helping improve immunity rates among states, even those with lower vaccination rates.
Kroger Health, the health care division of The Kroger Company, is launching an initiative to offer up $5 million in incentives for those who get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Tennessee has reported over 900 breakthrough cases, or cases of COVID-19 in fully vaccinated people. Recently, an outbreak at a Millington long term care facility affected a group of vaccinated staff and residents, but no serious cases were reported.
An infectious disease expert says it's important to note that new cases are still being reported and the vast majority of the new cases are from young people.
More than two weeks after Mississippi’s COVID-19 vaccinations plunged over 60 percent, those numbers are starting to increase for the first time since late March.
Health officials point out that more children are beginning to socialize again and participate in extracurricular activities which could contribute to the rise in cases.
mong all 50 states and Washington D.C., Mississippi ranks last in vaccine administration according to the latest data from the CDC. Tennessee and Arkansas are nearby on the list.
A final report has been released in an investigation that rocked the Shelby County Health Department. The Tennessee Department of Health released its final report after an investigation began in February into vaccine wastage at the county health department.
As masks come off, will more employers mandate the COVID-19 vaccine? It’s legal for companies to do so, but the Tennessee General Assembly passed a bill prohibiting more public entities from doing it.
