Shelby County aims to vaccinate 5,000 people a day
Vaccines open to everyone age 16 and up in Tennessee By Kelly Roberts | April 5, 2021 at 6:04 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 7:17 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Now every Tennessean 16 years of age and above is eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. In Shelby County, thousands of appointments for the shot remain open with the federal mass vaccination site opening in a matter of days.
Monday is the deadline Governor Bill Lee gave counties to have all residents 16 and up eligible for the vaccine, but nearly every county was there before the April 5 deadline. Shelby County went into that phase last week, but the work continues to get people to sign up for the vaccine.
Memphis and Shelby County leadership urged Memphians to fill the thousands of still open COVID-19 vaccine appointments that the city of Memphis has available.
The public plea came the day before a revamped and expanded, Pipkin Building vaccination site opens under the control of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. We have to take advantage of this, Doug McGowen, the city s chief operating officer and Shelby County vaccine czar, told the public at a news briefing Tuesday. He described FEMA s presence and the thousands of extra vaccine doses that presence brings, as a historic opportunity for Memphis and Shelby County to kick COVID-19 s butt.
Tennesseeâs first federal mass vaccination site opening in Memphis next week
Tennessee s first federal mass vaccination site opening in Memphis By Kelly Roberts | March 31, 2021 at 5:45 PM CDT - Updated March 31 at 6:51 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The federal government is opening one of its community vaccination centers in Memphis. About 25 CVCs are open across the country. Memphisâ site was one of three announced by the White House COVID-19 Response Team Wednesday.
The federal government will bring its own personnel and vaccine when it opens the site at the Pipkin Building next Wednesday, April 7. With it comes the potential to vaccinate 21,000 more people a week.
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