The Tennessee National Guard will start offering coronavirus testing in the state’s public housing projects. It’s a continuation of more targeted testing that’s began last week, with mass testing of residents in nursing homes and in the state’s prisons.
Tennessee Begins Distributing Masks And Other Protective Equipment
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s Unified Command Group is providing health care workers and other residents with personal protective equipment.
Nashville Will Launch Phase 1 Of Reopening Plan Monday
By Samantha Max
Nashville will begin to ease some “Safer at Home” restrictions Monday, even as new cases of the coronavirus continue to rise. Mayor John Cooper says the health benchmarks officials have been watching aren’t perfect, but that the city has earned a “passing grade” to start the first phase of Metro’s “Roadmap for Reopening.”
Report: To Reach A ‘Herd Immunity’ Scenario, 50,000 Tennesseans Would Die
“Herd immunity” has been a hot topic during the pandemic. The idea is that if enough people are exposed and form immunity to the coronavirus, that the immune “herd” forms a sort of barrier between the virus and the vulnerable. But to reach that level in Tennessee, a report by Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine […]
Unemployment Claims Adding Up: More Than 300K Are Relying On Weekly Aid
Although new unemployment claims are down significantly compared to a few weeks ago, that doesn’t mean people are necessarily in better shape financially.
Tennessee Among States Doing Enough Coronavirus Testing, Study Finds
A new study places Tennessee among just nine states that are doing sufficient testing for the coronavirus.
Metro’s Case Spike Is Bad News For Reopening Plans
A recent spike in cases is bad news for Metro Nashville’s reopening plans. But local leaders say the city is still in good shape.
First Tennessee Prisoner With COVID-19 Dies
By Samantha Max
A 67-year-old man who was incarcerated at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center and tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The Tennessee Department of Correction said in a press release that the man was taken to the hospital on April 25 for an assessment and tested positive while hospitalized. He died Monday morning, at 1:20 a.m. […]
Tennessee’s Concentrated Outbreaks Have Modelers Throwing Their Hands Up
By Blake Farmer
The coronavirus outbreaks in Tennessee prisons, nursing homes and homeless shelters have pandemic modelers struggling even more to predict the future. They’re attempting to look beyond isolated outbreaks to see how the virus is spreading among the general population.
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