Here is today's news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland: From the Cleveland Daily Banner… Kaitlin Gebby reports: Tennessee recently
Here is today’s news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland:
From the Cleveland Daily Banner…
Kaitlin Gebby reports: Tennessee recently measured as the highest state per capita next to Ohio in cases of COVID-19 infections.
A chart shared on social media by Eric Topol, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, showed the two states had more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases per million, the highest rate in the country.
In a related development, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist — a Tennessee Republican who is a heart and transplant surgeon — has joined the medical community in calling on Gov. Bill Lee to move to a statewide mask mandate. Currently, under Lee’s authority, counties in Tennessee are still being allowed to make their own decisions regarding such a requirement.
In Bradley County, Mayor D. Gary Davis continues to urge community residents to remember — and to abide by — COVID-19 guidelines which includes the wearing of face masks in public. However, he has stopped short of a public mandate. He also continues to urge local residents to maintain the six-foot social distancing, avoid large crowds and to wash their hands regularly or use sanitizer.
In news today…
Cleveland City Schools will begin the second semester of the 2020-21 school year in a traditional, in-person format starting on January 5th with Reconnection Week. This week will be similar to the beginning of the first semester Reconnection Week in August. Students will attend a full day of school on one of the first four days (January 5 8) according to their family’s last name. Instructional resources will be provided on the day your child attends in person.
Tuesday, January 5: Students with family last name beginning with A-D
Wednesday, January 6: Students with family last name beginning with E-L
Thursday, January 7: Students with family last name beginning with M-Q
Friday, January 8: Students with family last name beginning with R-Z
Regarding school nutrition, breakfast and lunch may be picked up each day between 9:30 am – 11:30 am at every school.
Y-Care will not take place at our elementary schools during Reconnection Week, but you may contact the YMCA directly for details on their plan to accommodate working families.
Buses will run their regular routes on the students assigned day.
From WRCB Channel 3…
With the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arriving in the Tennessee Valley, CHI Memorial announced their plans to vaccinate their first front-line medical workers Thursday afternoon.
Seventy-four of Tennessee’s will receive their first shipments of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, marking the first step toward ending the pandemic.
All healthcare workers who deal with patients who might or do have COVID-19 are eligible to receive the vaccine from the first shipments, according to Vanderbilt’s Dr. William Schaffner.
Currently, about 56,000 doses of Pfizer’s vaccine are in Tennessee and will be distributed to 28 sites covering those 74 hospitals.
