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From the Chattanooga Times Free Press…
Tennessee expects to receive a 15% bump to its allotment of COVID-19 vaccines from the federal government over the next three weeks, or 13,000 additional first-round doses a week, the state’s top health official said Tuesday.
Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey said during a news briefing that the increase will bring the state’s weekly supply of initial vaccine doses to about 93,000 per week, up from the roughly 80,000 doses per week that the state received throughout January.
Second doses of vaccine, which should be given about a month after receiving the first dose in order for the vaccine to be most effective, are sent separately and not included in the supply projections.
While the increase is still “not anywhere close to meeting the demand,” Piercey said the state is now recommending counties open vaccination eligibility for ages 70 and up. The federal government, under the previous and current presidential administrations, has asked states to lower the eligible age group to age 65 and older.
Officials from the Hamilton County Health Department, which operates independently of the state department of health, said they will continue to only vaccinate those 75 and older in addition to eligible health care workers.
From the Chattanooga Times Free Press…
CHI Memorial Foundation and The MaryEllen Locher Scholarship Foundation have joined together, Memorial Hospital announced Friday.
The CHI Memorial Foundation will take over all daily operations of the Scholarship Foundation, including the application process, fundraising efforts, receiving donations and disbursement of scholarship funds.
The MaryEllen Locher Scholarship Fund at CHI Memorial Foundation is a college scholarship program for children who have either lost a parent to breast cancer, have a parent who is a breast cancer survivor, or have a parent who is currently in treatment. The organization was founded as an independent nonprofit in 2002 by MaryEllen Locher, a long-time news anchor and health reporter for WTVC-TV in Chattanooga.
Locher, who died in 2005 after her third bout with cancer, started the foundation because she was concerned about her own son’s future education and did not want other parents to share that concern while they were in the midst of their own struggles with this disease.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded $68.5 million to the State of Tennessee for COVID-19 vaccination costs.
The award provides expedited funding to reimburse 100 percent of costs related to Tennessee’s vaccination program for a 90-day period, according to FEMA.
