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Tennessee Gov. asks for mask mandates, restrictions to be lifted by Memorial Day Governor says COVID-19 no longer public health crisis in Tennessee, wants remaining mask and business restrictions lifted statewide By Kelly Roberts | April 27, 2021 at 4:26 PM CDT - Updated April 27 at 7:37 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Governor Bill Lee is trying to move the state into a new era, as he declares COVID-19 is no longer a statewide public health emergency for Tennessee.
He wants to see all mask mandates in the state gone by Memorial Day, but leaders in Shelby County arenât hinting at that happening.
Leeâs latest executive order ends local authority for counties operating under the state health department to make their own mask mandates. That does not include Shelby County and the six other metro health departments, but the governor is requesting any current mandates in those counties to be gone by the end of May.
One particular area of concern for Dr. Piercey is vaccination rates among younger adults.
Credit: WBIR Data Team We know that people who are older are more likely to want the vaccine ostensibly because they know they re at higher risk, she said. The rhetoric is, I m younger, I m healthier, I m at lower risk, and all of those things are true. But it doesn t mean that they aren t still susceptible to the virus.
Among Tennesseans 70 years old and older, data from the Tennessee Department of Health shows 75.3 percent have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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