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Coronavirus in Memphis: Front-line workers can get free COVID-19 testing

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Last updated: 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2020

By the numbers: Shelby County's count of reported novel coronavirus cases rose to 2,922 Tuesday morning, up from 2,850 Monday, according to the Shelby County Health Department. The number of reported deaths from COVID-19 complications in Shelby County rose from 53 to 57.

Statewide, there were 13,624 reported cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, up from 13,502 on Monday. As of Tuesday afternoon, a reported 226 people have died in Tennessee from COVID-19 complications, per the state health department.

Watch Gov. Bill Lee discuss COVID-19 updates in Tennessee:

Front-line workers can get free testing, even without symptoms

Front-line workers who are concerned about exposure to COVID-19 will be able to get tested starting Wednesday, May 6, according to a news release from the City of Memphis.

The testing is available at no cost to essential employees who feel sick or believe they have had contact with someone who is COVID-19 positive.

The employees included in this category are:

  • Healthcare workers
  • First responders (such as paramedics, emergency medical technicians, law enforcement officers and fire fighters)
  • Employees at fast food restaurants, gas stations, grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants, public utilities and sanitation
  • Employees at correctional facilities

People wishing to be tested are encouraged to visit www.covid19.memphistn.gov or contact the following testing locations for availability: 

  • Case Management - 901 821-5880 or email COVID-19TestCMI@cmiofmemphis.org
  • Christ Community Health Services –Text “Test2020” to 91999
  • Cherokee Healthcare - krogerhealth.com/covidtesting
  • Church Health Center- (901) 272-0003
  • Memphis Health Center- (901) 261-2042
  • Tri-State Community Health Center- (901) 572-1573
  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center- Text “COVID” to 901-203-5526 or www.mycareplan.net/covid-19
  • Walgreens – Schedule online walgreens.com/coronavirus

County expands asymptomatic testing

The Shelby County Health Department will expand free COVID-19 testing, regardless of symptoms, to workers in three "key areas," Director Alisa Haushalter announced today.

Here are the types of workers now eligible for asymptomatic tests, as outlined by Haushalter during the Memphis/Shelby County Joint Covid Task Force's noon briefing:

  1. Anyone who works at a correctional facility, including jails and prisons
  2. First responders, including paramedics, firefighters and police
  3. Supporters of critical infrastructure, including employees at gas stations, fast food restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants and public utilities.

The county is working toward a goal of administering a minimum of 2,400 tests countywide per day — although 3,000 tests a day is "ideal," Haushalter added.

During the briefing, Haushalter said the county has seen a sharp 10% increase in the number of Latino people who have tested positive for COVID-19, and called on more people in the community to come forward for testing. She said the increase could be the result of more testing in the community.

Need a COVID-19 test? Here's where to go and what you need to know.

FedEx hiring down amid COVID-19 despite rise in e-commerce shipments, data shows

Even among businesses deemed essential during the coronavirus pandemic, job openings are down. Delivery giant FedEx is among them, data shows.

Memphis-based FedEx listed 1,290 job openings on its website as of April 21, down from 3,400 job openings as of March 14, according to a dataset from data reporting company Thinknum. That’s the Memphis logistics giant’s lowest job openings count in at least two years — in April 2018, FedEx had around 3,710 job openings, per Thinknum.

The job opening decline is occurring even as FedEx is seeing an increase in online orders to homes during the coronavirus pandemic, as daily package volume at FedEx Ground increased this past quarter. FedEx’s jobs site does not list openings among the independent contractors who deliver for FedEx Ground.

Read more:FedEx hiring down amid COVID-19 despite rise in e-commerce shipments, data shows

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Cohen announces grant for COVID-19 law enforcement expenses

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen announced Tuesday that the city of Memphis will receive $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Justice to address emergency law enforcement expenses related to COVID-19. 

The money could be used for overtime pay, equipment procurement, hiring, purchasing personal protective equipment and medical needs in jails and detention facilities. 

“This Justice Department funding is both much-needed and timely. Our first responders and others in law enforcement are working harder than ever and the pandemic has exposed unmet emergency needs. This assistance will help strengthen our response," Cohen said. 

Siemens, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Mid-South Makers collaborate on creating face shields

Steven Taylor, a technical training specialist and adjunct instructor at Southwest Tennessee Community College, is manufacturing protective headgear that will be distributed to COVID-19 frontline workers.

Taylor is manufacturing plastic bands using his personal 3D printer and a 3D printer Siemens provided him, which together can produce about 4 bands an hour, which are attached to a laminated sheet to create a protective face shield. The plastic and the template for the shields were provided by local nonprofit Mid-South Makers, which is also helping distribute the face shields. 

Taylor will have produced about 180 shields by this week, according to a spokesperson for the college. The protective headgear manufactured by Taylor is costing about $1 to manufacture, compared to about $10 on the open market.  

UofM, MCR Safety, Precision Plastics make face shields for medical workers, first responders

The Herff College of Engineering at the University of Memphis is producing face shields which will be distributed to first responders, medical professionals and healthcare facilities for free. The effort is a partnership with MCR Safety and Precision Plastics, the university said on Tuesday.

“We want to make sure our first responders and medical professionals are equipped with the protection they need while working on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Ebrahim Asadi, director of the Metal Additive Manufacturing Lab and assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering. “The goal of our partnership with MCR Safety is to manufacture 600 face shield kits, but we will extend that goal based on community need.” 

Precision Plastics is providing the plastic for the shields, MCR Safety is manufacturing the face shields and UofM is manufacturing the headgear brackets. MCR is distributing the kits, each of which has five plastic face shields, one headgear bracket frame, two pieces of Velcro and instructions on assembling the shield.  

2,922 COVID-19 cases, 57 deaths reported in Shelby County

The Shelby County Health Department announced there were 2,922 confirmed cases of COVID-19 Tuesday morning, up 72 cases from Monday morning.

As of Tuesday morning, 1,307 cases are active and 1,558 people have recovered. Four more deaths related to COVID-19 were reported totaling 57 in the county. 

Over 34,600 people have been tested for the novel coronavirus in Shelby County.

Memphis-area interstate blood bank collecting plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19

Barcelona-based healthcare company Grifols, which operates interstate blood blanks across the U.S., including in Memphis, announced Tuesday that it had started screening and selecting volunteers who have recovered from COVID-19 locally to donate plasma. 

The plasma will be used to produce hyperimmune globulins, plasma derived-medicines that have proven successful in treating other viruses. 

“For individuals who have recovered from COVID-19, donating plasma at one of Grifols’ donor centers to produce a potential treatment for the disease is a way they can help make a difference during this exceptional time,” said Dr. Marilyn Rosa-Bray, Grifols Chief Medical Officer and Vice President Quality, Regulatory Compliance & Laboratories.

The company is collecting plasma from recovered patients in 100 cities across the country. The hyperimmune globulins developed from the plasma collected will undergo clinical trials with the National Institutes of Health to evaluate its safety and efficacy as a viable treatment for COVID-19, Grifols said. 

People who want to volunteer to donate plasma can call 866-363-2819 for more information. 

COVID-19 antibody tests are available, but how reliable and important are they?

As at-home antibody tests promising to tell people if they've developed resistance to COVID-19 have flooded the market nationally and in the Mid-South, questions have arisen about their reliability and what the results mean for communities looking to reopen.

While some have been produced by long-trusted medical device manufacturers, other tests have been pumped out by startups without much data backing up their claims.

The race to make testing widely available led to more than 100 antibody tests hitting the market without federal review. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week reversed course, requiring test manufacturers to submit their product for emergency review within 10 days of it hitting the market. 

More:COVID-19 antibody tests are available, but how reliable and important are they?

Some Memphis restaurants have opened their dining rooms

Memphis restaurants were given the green light to open their dining rooms on May 4.

Expect dining out to be a bit different than the last time you went to a restaurant. Servers will be wearing masks and gloves, tables will be spaced far apart to main proper social distancing, and you may even have your temperature taken. 

We will be updating the list of who has opened their dining room throughout the coming weeks as more eateries across Memphis open.

If you are ready to dine out, here is where you can go.

Shelby County to allow hair salons, barber shops, keeps nail salons and massage businesses closed

A new health directive for Shelby County will allow hair salons and barbershops to open in the first phase of the Back to Business plan for Memphis and Shelby County. Those businesses will be allowed to open Wednesday. 

However, other "close contact" businesses such as nail salons, massage therapists and tattoo parlors will remain closed, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said Monday. 

Initially, the county planned to keep “personal appearance businesses” closed until phase two of the city and county's joint reopening plan. That was in line with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s own executive order.

However, “the governor threw us a bit of a curveball last week,” Harris said, when Lee announced that he would allow those businesses to open after all in Tennessee counties that were not governed by local health departments. Last Thursday, the state's Economic Recovery Group released a list of guidelines for "close contact businesses."

More:Shelby County to allow hair salons, barber shops, keeps nail salons and massage businesses closed

May 4 updates

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  • Christ Community to offer free, public COVID-19 testing
  • Health department: Reopening judged by speed of case increases and spread
  • 2,850 COVID-19 cases reported in Shelby County

May 2-3 updates

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May 1 updates

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  • Memphis and Shelby County to expand testing sites next week
  • Local officials to lean on compliance to orders rather than proactive enforcement

April 30 updates

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  • Memphis will start its phased reopening early next week
  • New unemployment claims in Tennessee on third week of decline
  • 81 new reported cases of COVID-19 in Shelby County

April 29 updates

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  • Arlington high school seniors vote to pre-record graduation walks
  • Shelby County 'very close' to reopening; businesses encouraged to prepare
  • 155 detainees, 37 employees at Shelby County Jail test positive for COVID-19
  • Shelby County gets $50 million from CARES Act for COVID-19 expenses
  • Fourth MATA employee confirmed to have COVID-19, free fares extended
  • Only 43% of COVID-19 tests available were administered last week
  • 45 new cases of COVID-19 in Shelby County 
  • Suspensions of in-court appearances extended.

April 28 updates

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  • University of Memphis aiming to welcome students to campus this fall
  • Comcast extends pandemic relief program into summer
  • Two COVID-19 deaths reported at senior living facility
  • Reported case rate for Shelby County rises to 2,358

April 27 updates

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  • COVID-19 cases found at Cordova assisted living facility
  • Kroger to offer drive-thru COVID-19 testing 
  • Mid-South COVID-19 Regional Response Fund distributes additional $200,000 in relief grants
  • Health officials commend Shelby County residents for resisting 'quarantine fatigue' 
  • Memphis and Shelby County reveal economic reopening plan
  • Why officials say there was a weekend spike in COVID-19 cases in Shelby County
  • 187 new COVID-19 cases reported in Shelby County

April 25-26 updates

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  • Confirmed cases of coronavirus has highest jump Sunday in state
  • Third MATA employee tests positive for COVID-19, officials say
  • Gov. Lee visits Memphis, stops at free drive-thru testing in Frayser that drew crowd
  • 9,189 COVID-19 cases now reported statewide
  • Shelby County case count rises to 2,038

April 24 updates

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  • Some park amenities to reopen in Germantown Saturday
  • Free COVID-19 testing event planned for Saturday
  • Jury trials suspended until July 3
  • Harris to push for nursing home law changes
  • County stay-at-home extended to April 30
  • More appointments for testing available than requests
  • COVID-19 related death reported at nursing home 
  • Explore Bike Share extends free access to May 20

April 23 updates

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  • Memphis Education Fund donates $50,000 to school technology needs, funds small grants for families
  • Memphis Zoo stands to lose half its revenue if shutdown continues
  • Two Memphis schools to close from COVID-19 hardships 
  • Reported case count for Shelby County rises by fewer than 50
  • More than 68,000 new unemployment claims filed last week

April 22 updates

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  • Mayor Strickland describes benchmarks for reopening economy
  • UTHSC medical school dean warns that area's coronavirus testing still has significant problems
  • Shirking state guidance, one private school plans its reopen
  • Golf courses to reopen in Memphis
  • Reported case count for Shelby County rises by 37

April 21 updates

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  • Strickland extends Memphis 'safer at home' order
  • AutoZone Liberty Bowl events postponed
  • Reported cases in senior living facilities increase, additional death reported
  • SCSO employee who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, department says

April 20 updates

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  • Bass Pro Shops founder donates masks
  • Mayor's Meal Challenge raises $2,500 for food bank
  • State to begin phased reopening next week
  • Reported cases of COVID-19 in state rises to 7,238
  • Businesses coping with COVID-19 invited to virtual summit on April 28
  • Reported COVID-19 case rate rises at one senior living facility
  • More than 11,000 Tennesseans tested over the weekend
  • Salvation Army offers child care to essential workers 
  • The Community Foundation announces $362,500 in new coronavirus relief grants 
  • U of M to host site for Mid-South Food Bank's Mobile Pantry Program Tuesday

April 18-19 updates

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  • 'Freedom Rally' brings out small crowd
  • Free, drive-thru testing coming to Frayser next week
  • Free testing for uninsured support by BlueCross BlueShield Foundation grant
  • 5 inmates, 31 employees have tested positive for COVID-19, department says
  • Cases rise to 6,762 statewide, 145 deaths

April 17 updates

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  • Essential workers in Tennessee now eligible for free child care during COVID-19 closures
  • SCS opens hotline connecting families, students to mental health center
  • Public health capacity, advice keys to reopening economy, officials say
  • Statewide case count of COVID-19 at 6,589
  • Officials continue to emphasize testing for symptomatic individuals
  • Snap a photo of your take-out to also contribute to Mid-South Food Bank
  • Three dead from COVID-19 cluster at The Village
  • Reported case count of COVID-19 rises to 1,616 in Shelby County 

April 16 updates

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  • Vanderbilt model shows virus slowing in West Tennessee
  • SCHD releases weekly demographic breakdown of COVID-19
  • Strickland clarifies testing capacity in Memphis
  • Microport Orthopedics donates 100,000 masks for frontline workers
  • Reported case count of COVID-19 rises to 6,292 statewide
  • 88 MPD personnel in quarantine
  • The City of Memphis announced Thursday it will open a pet food bank next week
  • Emergency arts funding expands
  • Shelby County reported COVID-19 case count at 1,508
  • More than 12,000 new unemployment claims filed in Memphis area
  • Chamber’s virtual business lunch series to focus on surviving pandemic
  • Part of Beale Street closed as work begins on old CA building
  • FedEx-St.Jude Invitational rescheduled for July 30- Aug. 2
  • WHO says drinking alcohol increases risk of coronavirus

April 15 updates

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  • ICU rooms in Memphis at 43% surge capacity 
  • FedEx hub workers raise COVID-19 concerns
  • COVID-19 testing underutilized, officials say
  • Slight pickup in violent crime leads to 'Spring Cleaning 2020'
  • Memphis-Shelby County COVID Task Force daily update
  • Four new COVID-19 outbreaks at assisted care facilities announced
  • Downtown Memphis Sheraton lays off staff as hotels see occupancy fall
  • Shelby County reported case count of COVID-19 increase by 81
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April 14 updates

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  • St. Jude patient tests positive for COVID-19
  • FedEx Logistics donates face shields
  • Shelby County gets 'D' grade in social distancing
  • Reported case count of COVID-19 in Shelby County rises by 82
  • Mid-South Food Bank sees massive spike in need
  • Second MATA employee tests positive for COVID-19

April 13 updates

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  • Gov. Lee extends stay at home order through end of April
  • 5,610 reported cases of COVID-19 in Tennessee
  • 42 Memphis firefighters still in quarantine
  • New case rate slowing, official says
  • Shelby County reported COVID-19 case rate rises by 53
  • The Village in Germantown reports COVID-19 cases 

April 11-12 updates

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  • Oak Court Mall to provide meals for first responders
  • COVID-19 peak expected late May, early June
  • More than 100 people in ICU with COVID-19 or symptoms

April 10 updates

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  • Virtual performances celebrate Memphis musicians, virtual tour to honor Muddy Waters
  • Second rehab facility with outbreak identified
  • More than a dozen at Juvenile Justice Center tested
  • Public employees receiving temperature checks
  • More than 100 people with COVID-19 symptoms in Memphis intensive care
  • County's Safer at Home order extended with provision for seniors, immunosuppressed
  • Tennessee lowers high school graduation requirements

April 9 updates

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  • Memphis VA seeking doctors, other workers
  • COVID-19 impacts ‘Hunters for the Hungry’ program
  • Hoarding, price-gouging of PPE will be aggressively prosecuted, U.S. Attorney says
  • City, County task force ask Memphians with mild coronavirus symptoms to get tested 
  • COVID-19 cases increase at single-digit rate, but surge still expected
  • SCS to distribute learning guides, workbooks
  • MATA employee tests positive for COVID-19
  • Congressman Cohen cosponsors resolution on disparate COVID-19 impact
  • 15,000 new unemployment claims filed from Memphis area
  • International Paper donates $180K to Red Cross
  • FedEx pilot dies of COVID-19 complications

April 8 updates

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  • Memphis Health Center Inc. to launch drive-thru testing
  • Bridge lights can be dedicated to local health care employees
  • MPD officers test positive for COVID-19
  • Mayor urging religious leaders to hold services virtually
  • Call center employing laid off workers to be up and running Friday
  • Tests to ramp up soon, Strickland says
  • City to take sales tax hit, implements hiring freeze
  • COVID-19 is having 'disparate impact' on African-American community
  • FedEx partners with U.S. government to ship protective gear faster via air fleet
  • Shelby Farms Park to close Sunday

April 7 updates

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  • Viral ‘Dolemite’: Memphis director offers distraction from pandemic
  • Memphis meal kit company Fix temporarily closes
  • Shelby County authorities look into COVID-19 impact on black residents 
  • 1,300 quarantined after contact with COVID-19 positive cases
  • Pipkin Building could be used for emergency triage
  • Memphis halts out of cart waste service 
  • Kroger to limit number of shoppers in stores

April 6 updates

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  • West Memphis Police: Two men arrested after COVID-19 claims
  • DeSoto County employee tests positive
  • Shelby County Sheriff: 14 employees test positive
  • Shelby County detainee tests positive    
  • Safer-at-home order extended for two weeks
  • Enforcement of social distancing rules extends to churches
  • Other enforcement efforts taken after safer-at-home order was issued
  • Far less coronavirus strain on Tennessee health system expected, updated public model shows

April 4-5 updates

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  • Memphis doctor dies from COVID-19 complications
  • Virus transforms the experience of grocery shopping in the Memphis area
  • Palm Sunday goes digital
  • Some FedEx pilots removed from duty after 'inconclusive' COVID-19 tests
  • Memphis hospitals brace for COVID-19 surge
  • Seventh person at assisted living facility tests positive for COVID-19
  • Nike temporarily closes Memphis warehouse after employee tests positive for COVID-19
  • Shelby County reports a total of 10 deaths from COVID-19
  • Local artist dies from COVID-19 complications

April 3 updates

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  • MATA to receive $35 million from federal CARES Act
  • First Congo Food Justice Ministry pauses distribution due to COVID-19
  • Mayor Jim Strickland encourages all Memphians to wear face coverings
  • 45 percent reduction good but not good enough
  • Shelby County Health Department reports one additional death
  • "Welcome to Memphis" one-time grants open to hospitality industry workers
  • Reported cases of COVID-19 increase by two from Thursday

April 2 updates

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  • Second Kroger employee tests positive
  • Former Grizzlies player funds food pantry at SCS Board of Education
  • State board to issue high school graduation guidance next week
  • Gateway Shopping Center to be retrofitted into overflow COVID-19 hospital
  • Gov. Bill Lee orders Tennesseans to stay at home as state continues to fight spread of coronavirus
  • Memphis whiskey makers switch to hand sanitizer; B.R. Distilling to fill 250,000 bottles
  • Memphis leaders: The surge is coming. You can blunt it by staying apart.
  • Deaths from COVID-19 rise to 7 in Shelby County
  • Reported cases of COVID-19 in Shelby County rises to 638 

April 1 updates

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  • Wave of COVID-19 patients hits Memphis hospitals
  • Memphis Emergency Management seeks volunteers
  • Kroger grants workers $2 per hour hazard raise, promises enhanced safety
  • Regional cooperation ramps up as officials stress importance of 'safer at home' orders
  • David Crosby concert at Graceland postponed
  • Welcome to Memphis offers one-time grants to hospitality workers
  • Cell phone store gives away surgical masks
  • Juvenile detention center officer tests positive for COVID-19
  • Shelby County health department identifies assisted living facility impacted by COVID-19 outbreak 
  • Methodist system solicits mask donations
  • U of M 3D-prints face-shield frames to donate to Tennessee hospitals
  • Strickland extends emergency declaration for seven days
  • Reported case count of COVID-19 rises to 497
  • Shelby County Clerk's office temporarily closes

March 31 updates

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  • Poplar Healthcare processes COVID-19 tests
  • State urges use of their unemployment app
  • Two more COVID-19 deaths reported in Shelby County
  • Second Presbyterian church reports clergy death due to COVID-19
  • Reported COVID-19 cases in Shelby County top 400

March 30 updates

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  • Shelby County marks dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases
  • Redbirds, 901 FC staff sees layoffs, furloughs amid coronavirus pandemic
  • Loan fund created to help Downtown businesses at risk of closure
  • Germantown announces layoffs of part-time employees
  • Rep. Cohen asks for shelter-in-place orders in Mississippi, Arkansas
  • $1.3 million Memphis contract for masks illustrates search for COVID-19 protective gear

March 28-29 updates

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  • Vulnerable people should wear face masks, and anyone else can consider wearing one, too, says city's task force
  • Memphis-based manufacturer donates 14,000 masks to local workers
  • Threat of storms closes coronavirus testing at Fairgrounds
  • Tennessee cases count rises to 1,373
  • Shelby County reports first COVID-19 death
  • Shelby County reports 275 cases

March 27 updates

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  • 7 Memphis firefighters test positive for COVID-19
  • Basketball courts, dog parks among recreational areas now closed
  • Public visitation at county jails halted
  • Tennessee count of reported COVID-19 cases tops 1,200
  • Shelby County DA's office updates on court proceedings, inmates
  • Memphis airport traffic sees big drop
  • BISSELL sponsors pet adoptions in Memphis
  • Reported COVID-19 cases in Shelby County rise 
  • COVID-19 testing site now open to the public 

March 26 updates

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  • Kroger warehouse worker positive, union says
  • MPD Director in quarantine
  • Strickland: 11 employees positive
  • Pink Palace launches ’museum to-go'
  • TN Dems push Lee for statewide plan, shelter-in-place
  • Explore Bike Share offers free access
  • Juvenile Court to hold smaller number of in-custody proceedings 
  • Annual commemoration of MLK's death will be virtual this year
  • Bored kiddos? Brooks museum "Chalkfest" exhibit to go virtual
  • Christ Community Health Services receives federal grant 
  • Shelby County reported case count at 198
  • Senate passes stimulus plan

March 25 updates

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  • WMC, SCS to broadcast home lessons for students
  • TN Dept. of Human Services announces workforce program
  • SCS board cancels March meetings 
  • COVID-19 impacting young people in Shelby Co
  • Majority of Memphis city hall staff working from home
  • Oak Court, Southland Mall announce temporary closures
  • Pastor at Hope Church in Memphis tests positive for COVID-19
  • Shelby County inmates test negative for COVID-19
  • Regional One employees test positive for COVID-19
  • COVID-19 case count rises to 170 for Shelby County

March 24 updates

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  • 'Shelter in place' health directive issued for Shelby County
  • TVA donates respirator masks 
  • Kroger warehouse employees working to keep 100 grocery stores stocked
  • St. Jude has tested almost 200 people for COVID-19 with its own program