News related to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Southern Middle Tennessee
Tennessee’s Department of Health on Tuesday announced that it would “pause” distributing the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine following new guidance from the federal government. Earlier that day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they were investigating unusual and severe blood clots that occurred 6 to 13 days …
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Tennessee’s Emotional Support Line for Pandemic Stress is adding a new method for people to reach out for help. The free and confidential line now has the capability to offer assistance via text message. Tennessee healthcare workers, first responders, and all Tennesseans working in education, including educators and district and school administrators and staff, dealing …
Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) officials say that state inmate visitation will resume. TDOC stopped visitations in March of last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But a modified visitation schedule will begin Saturday, April 10. According to TDOC, the visitation will be allowed for visitors 18 and older. In order to maintain social distancing …
Tennessee has reached a vaccination landmark as one million Tennesseans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Another 22 percent have received at least one dose. Despite the news the state confirmed 1,772 new Covid-19 cases in Tennessee on Thursday and 11 more deaths.
Tennessee remains one of the most infectious states when it comes to COVID-19 and signs are pointing to things getting worse soon. “I’m fairly certain it’s going to get worse,” Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health Lisa Piercey said this week. Doctors are trying to sound the alarm in hopes that Tennesseans won’t let …
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More than 790,000 Tennesseans have been infected with COVID-19, and more than 11,000 have lost their lives one year into the novel coronavirus pandemic. Health-care workers say the experiences of patients without health coverage during the pandemic should prompt lawmakers to consider Medicaid expansion. CEO of Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center, Katina Beard, said the …
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Tennessee kids have lost months of learning to the pandemic, and their advocates are now trying to make up for lost time. A new report from the nonprofit group Save the Children finds more than half of all families say their children are spending less time on learning activities compared to a typical school day before COVID-19. …
The Coffee County Health Department is expanding vaccine eligibility and offering extended hours to increase access to COVID-19 vaccination in the community. Coffee County is now vaccinating all residents 16 and older. The Health Department offers COVID-19 vaccination by appointment. To book your appointment, visit Vaccinate.tn.gov. If you need help scheduling your vaccination, please call 931-490-8312. …
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The Tennessee Department of Health has expanded both the eligible age groups and hours available for COVID-19 vaccines for 10 counties in the state’s southeastern region. The region includes Franklin, Grundy and Marion Counties. The counties are now vaccinating people 16 and older. The local health departments offer COVID-19 vaccination by appointment. To book your appointment, …
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Vaccine eligibility expanded across Tennessee on Monday with the addition of two new groups now eligible: Phases 2a/2b and those 55+. Now anyone 55 and up and people that work in critical infrastructure can sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine. Gov. Bill Lee also announced that every Tennessean 16 and up will be eligible to …
