Shelby County is getting ready for some changes in vaccine eligibility. The FDA reviewed Moderna booster shots Thursday and Johnson and Johnson boosters are expected to be reviewed Friday
The number of Mississippians getting vaccinated has mostly dropped off each week for the last couple of months. But there are still efforts to boost the overall numbers.
There are also 34 new pediatric cases with 601 active cases among children in Shelby County. Data shows children account for about 30% of all active cases.
Memphis’ Office of Youth Services is encouraging kids to get vaccinated. The City of Memphis is planning a symposium Friday to give kids and parents information on the COVID-19 vaccine.
Shelby County now has the lowest COVID-19 case rate per capita in the state according to the New York Times. As the only county in Tennessee with an indoor mask mandate, health officials here said it’s obvious mask mandates are working.
On Tuesday,115 Mid-Southerners were being treated for COVID 19 at Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare. It’s the largest number of COVID patients in nearly a week. While case numbers in Shelby County slowly decline, doctors said it’s not time to let our guard down.
The Arkansas Senate has advanced a measure that would require an exemption process for workers who face a COVID-19 vaccine mandate from their employers.
So far, 22,000 pregnant women have been hospitalized after contracting the virus --161 women have died. Nearly 10% of those deaths were reported in Mississippi.
The House and Senate Public Health committees on Wednesday endorsed identical versions of the bill, which would also require the state to pay unemployment benefits to workers who are fired for not getting vaccinated.
While Tennessee is starting to see steady declines in COVID-19 cases statewide, more than 3,000 new infections and 100 deaths were reported in the state over the last 24 hours.
Between September 7th-20th, the three counties with the most COVID-19 cases were Harrison, Desoto, and Jackson. The number of reported cases ranged from 1,244-1,632.
In a letter to the president, Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen suggests there needs to be more incentive to get vaccinated and prioritizing unvaccinated people for monoclonal antibody treatment is just the opposite.
There may be a small light starting to appear at the end of the tunnel. After two months of surging COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations the numbers are starting to come back down.
