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Shelby County is vaccinating everyone age 16 and older after the state gave Tennessee counties permission to move through vaccine phases at will. Thousands of additional vaccine appointments are available each week, thanks to the federal vaccination site at the Liberty Bowl.
The site, an expansion of the existing Pipkin Building site, will be jointly run with the city of Memphis and will have the capability to vaccinate 3,000 people a day. Due to low demand, the Pipkin is accepting walk-ins from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Walk-ins can get first or second doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
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Tennessee state officials said the investigation into Shelby County s wasted COVID-19 vaccine doses and the storing of other vaccines is now finished. The state is confident no one was given an expired vaccine dose.
Tennessee State Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also finalized a report on vaccine stability that was provided to state and county officials confirming what Piercey said.
“We can confidently reassure all recipients of vaccine at Shelby County sites the doses they received were stable and effective,” she said in a media briefing Monday.
However, other problems reported by state officials remain unresolved including the apparent vaccination of two children and the alleged theft of vaccine from the Pipkin Building vaccination site.
The city is also preparing for the launch Friday of new vaccine appointment software and call center. Author: Brad Broders Updated: 6:17 PM CST March 11, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tennessee Thursday in Shelby County marked a major milestone, with more than 200,000 administered COVID-19 vaccine doses by week s end.
36,000 additional first and second doses are planned to go into arms next week, and those overseeing the effort with the city of Memphis anticipate the first major shipment of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine the week of March 22nd. We should get more vaccine the week after next so that volume is going to continue to go up - providers will continue to go up, City of Memphis Chief Operating Officer Doug McGowen said.