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Tennessee cuts Shelby County out of vaccine distribution; Memphis, hospitals and pharmacies will administer doses Micaela A Watts, Corinne S Kennedy, Katherine Burgess and Samuel Hardiman, Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Due to waste and inefficiencies, the state of Tennessee is cutting the Shelby County Health Department out of the vaccine distribution process and will instead send doses to the city of Memphis, local hospitals and pharmacies.
The Tennessee Department of Health said the county wasted a total of 2,400 doses across seven separate incidents over the month of February. Spoilage of that magnitude could also trigger a federal investigation, state officials said.