Over 3,000 vaccine doses administered to Shelby County educators
Municipal schools begin vaccinating teachers By Kelly Roberts | February 27, 2021 at 2:30 PM CST - Updated February 28 at 7:06 AM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Early Friday morning Memphis Fire Department delivered about 3,000 vaccine doses to school districts across the county.
A big day for teacher vaccinations as Shelby County Schools continues its events, plus Bartlett City Schools hosted an event to vaccinate staff and Arlington, Lakeland and Millington schools hosted a joint event.
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The districts deployed their own nurses to vaccinate colleagues.
And while there has been controversy surrounding the distribution of vaccines and the Shelby County Health Department holding doses back for schools, the districts say delivery and administration of the vaccines went smoothly.
Older population, teachers get moved up in Tennesseeâs vaccination plan
TDH updates COVID-19 vaccine plan By Kelly Roberts | December 30, 2020 at 5:11 PM CST - Updated December 31 at 4:44 AM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Tennessee has made some notable changes to its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan. While the state continues to vaccinate health care workers, those in long term care facilities and first responders, it is also adding any citizen over 75 years old to the top of the list.
Itâs a concurrent concept and is showing to be unique compared to other statesâ plans.
âTo my knowledge, this is one of the few if not the only thatâs taking this concurrent approach,â said Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey. âOur plan is based on Tennessee data. We know over half of Tennesseans hospitalized are 65 [years old or older] and 80% of deaths are 65 [years old or older].â