The Shelby County Health Department issued a mask mandate Wednesday, effective 7 a.m. Friday, Aug. 20, for everyone age 2 and older, regardless of vaccination status.It applies to all indoor, public settings. Outdoor events will not require masking.
In less than 24 hours, hundreds of health care workers from across Tennessee, a preponderance from Memphis, have signed an open letter taking Gov. Bill Lee to task for making masking voluntary in K-12 schools. “As trained healthcare providers, we strongly oppose Governor Lee’s Executive Order,” said the letter, written by Dr. Erica Kaye at… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is tracking hospitalizations in Shelby County with the latest data released Wednesday evening showing more than 600 Covid patients being treated at local hospitals. That’s about the same as during the height of the pandemic in January and hospitalizations are expected to double over the next two weeks.… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, along with emergency department directors and the chief of the fire department sent an urgent warning to several Mid-South officials regarding hospitalizations in the area.
The Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a statement Tuesday firing back to Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order giving parents of school children the ability to opt out of school mask requirements, saying the group “strongly disagrees” with Lee.
By every relevant metric, the COVID crisis in Tennessee is intensifying. Infections, hospitalizations, and fatalities are on the rise in the Volunteer State, where only about 40% of the population is fully vaccinated, and the Tennessee National Guard has been deployed to help bolster increasingly overwhelmed hospitals.
In every direction in downtown Memphis, as far as the eye can see, is an archway, rafter, or balcony touched by real estate developer Henry Turley. He’s the man behind a Memphis comeback story for the ages: the late 1970s and 80s revitalization of downtown Memphis. The real estate pioneer took Action News 5′s Kontji… Read More
Tennessee parents who don’t want their children to mask up in the classroom can opt out of mask mandates. Governor Bill Lee issued an executive order Monday, Aug. 16, and now parents, politicians, and physicians are sounding off about it. Republican state lawmakers wanted Lee to call a special session to talk about getting rid… Read More
