Until a month ago, when Dr. Daniel Wakefield tested positive for COVID-19, he and his wife, a nurse, were watching the disease unfold in the city from the front line. Tuesday, he became part of a second front line by donating his plasma at Methodist University Hospital.
Call it phase two of the COVID-19 pandemic in Memphis – a tentative stabilization and focus on containment.
Hey, Early Word-ers; it’s Thursday, April 23. The NFL 2020 draft begins tonight, and at least one former Memphis player won’t be watching — because he’s too nervous about when he could get picked. Another is ready to show off his speed, no matter where he goes. And local storytelling organization Spillit will host a… Read More
On May 16, when the former site of The Commercial Appeal opens as an alternate-care facility for COVID-19 patients, those who require intensive care will be housed on the third floor, in what used to be the sunlit newsroom.
“The coronavirus does not discriminate.” I’ve heard some variation of that assertion made many times since the first case of COVID-19 appeared in Tennessee early March.
Four physicians have been meeting on Zoom every day this week to come up with a plan to reopen the state’s largest cities in the midst of a pandemic.
COVID-19 is a new strain of coronavirus and cases are spreading around the Mid-South since the virus arrived in the United States in February.
A Mid-South doctor stepped up to donate a part of himself to help others after he recovered from COVID-19.
