Tennessee has completed first doses for all of its nursing home residents, and Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey expects a similar milestone for those in assisted living “in the next few days.”
State Moves To Vaccinating Tennesseans 70 And Older
Tennessee is lowering the threshold to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to age 70. The state Department of Health estimates that the change means about 300,000 Tennesseans between 70 and 74 will now be eligible to get inoculated.
Tennessee’s Low-Income Clinics And Rural Pharmacies To Begin Giving COVID Vaccines
Just as Tennessee has stopped distributing COVID vaccines to major health systems, the state’s Department of Health has announced more than 100 clinics and pharmacies in underserved areas will start giving vaccine.
Nashville Moves Vaccination Site To Its Huge Convention Center In Hopes Of Getting More Doses
The Music City Center was never needed as a pandemic overflow hospital, as once feared. But it will be used as Nashville’s centralized mass vaccination site, in the hope that the city will eventually get enough COVID-19 vaccine to make use of its 2.1 million square feet of space.
With Vaccine In Short Supply, Tennessee Favors Health Departments Over Hospitals
Tennessee hospitals are largely suspending their efforts to vaccinate patients in their systems against COVID-19. But they say it’s not because of a new state rule that they have to offer doses to the wider community.
Tennessee Orders Hospitals To Stop Restricting COVID Vaccine To Their Own Patients
Tennessee hospitals have been vaccinating seniors, but only those who are existing patients. Now state health officials say hospitals won’t get any more doses unless they’re made available to the wider community.
Tennessee Vaccinations To Prioritize Households Of ‘Medically Fragile’ Children
Tennessee is tweaking its vaccine distribution strategy again, releasing an updated plan Friday that moves the families of medically fragile children into the state’s 1c phase, along with patients who have poor health themselves. Dr. Lisa Piercey, the state’s health commissioner, says these additions include residents of households with children on ventilators, or those who […]
Nashville Mayor Says Plan To Defund Virtual School Districts Would ‘Punish Children’
Nashville Mayor John Cooper says Tennessee lawmakers need to acknowledge the reality of the pandemic, rather than strip funding from districts that don’t return to in-person schooling.
Tennessee Counties Try Day-Of COVID Vaccine Appointments, Leading To Questions About Fairness
Tennessee counties have been moving to a last-minute appointment system for the COVID-19 vaccine. While being summoned to get a shot has been a pleasant surprise for many seniors, it also has the potential to make the distribution more uneven.
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