To stem the rise of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Shelby County, mask and facial covering use must increase locally, multiple public health officials reiterated at a press briefing Tuesday afternoon. “It’s my belief that the only way we’re going to see the numbers going back down, hospitalizations heading back down, is we have… Read More
Physicians on the area’s COVID-19 task force said the increase in hospitalizations was the main reason the county did not move to phase three of reopening as intended Monday. The decision also came amid concern over how the virus is spreading, with evidence it is being passed more in the community and less in clusters… Read More
An local health expert says Memphis is not experiencing a second wave of COVID-19, but the city will need to maintain social distancing and good hygiene practices to prevent one. As some states see declining COVID-19 cases and slowly reopen, Memphis has recently seen a small increase.
This shift could affect local businesses if future safer-at-home orders are more focused on at-risk populations and older Memphians, as opposed to broadly restricting commerce.
The Shelby County Health Department recommended Monday afternoon that local municipalities remain in the second phase of reopening this week but said citizens can expect to enter the third phase on June 15.
Victories celebrated early in a pandemic represent what science knows at the time. Thursday, Patricia Myles, 49, one of the first people treated in the region with the experimental drug, remdesivir, was discharged from Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, 21 days after the intravenous therapy started. She floated through the lobby on the throng of good wishes… Read More
When Dr. Jon McCullers looks at the hundreds of Memphians who have been marching daily for more than a week now, he sees a lot of a face masks and perhaps a preview of the challenge that opening schools in August could present. But the pediatrician-in-chief at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital says he is not… Read More
Jon McCullers — who has studied uncounted mortality from influenza for years — said the State of Tennessee is probably recording about 60% of deaths truly related to the coronavirus.
