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TUPELO – Zip Scripts has shut down its retail operations at its West Main Street location, but its sister pharmacy will continue its work from the same spot.

How would you assess communications and messaging around the vaccine so far? As with any emerging crisis, there really is no template or hard set of rules to follow when communicating with customers, staff or residents. Our guiding principle is to follow our values, and communicating about vaccination is no exception. For content, we primarily use the educational materials provided by ACHA/NCAL and the CDC. Our team then puts it through a “compassionate lens” by educating—not mandating. T...

No timeline set for when Shelby County could receive more doses of the vaccine Shelby Co long-term care facilities receive vaccine By Kelly Roberts | January 6, 2021 at 7:57 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 11:04 AM SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. (WMC) - More than 24,000 people in Shelby County have gotten the COVID-19 vaccine. The Shelby County Health Department said it will soon be out of its current allotment. Shelby County received more than 12,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine. This week workers h...

Vulnerable populations, health care workers to get first doses of Moderna Moderna vaccine distributed across Tennessee By Kelly Roberts | December 21, 2020 at 5:52 PM CST - Updated December 21 at 7:03 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Doses of the county’s second COVID-19 vaccine, this one from Moderna, continue to be shipped from the Mid-South across the United States. The Tennessee Department of Health said the state has received thousands of doses, with the first administered this afternoo...

Looking forward to a vaccine - Tupelo Community Living Center Christina Turner of the Tupelo Community Living Center explained people in the center are excitedly waiting for the coronavirus vaccine. Posted: Dec 14, 2020 7:41 PM Updated: Dec 15, 2020 9:12 AM Posted By: Bronson Woodruff TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) -- Managers at Tupelo’s Community Living Center said people who live in their nursing homes have suffered during the coronavirus pandemic. "I feel like finally, maybe there is a light at th...

Health care officials share thoughts on first vaccine doses distributed in Mid-South First vaccine doses distributed in Mid-South By Joyce Peterson | December 14, 2020 at 10:29 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 12:42 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The first shot of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine was administered on Monday to a nurse in Queens, New York as the U.S. surpassed 300,000 virus-related deaths. “We’re feeling great,” said FedEx Executive Vice-President Richard W. Smith. “Distribution...

Long term care facilities wait for first doses of vaccine Whitehaven nursing home expects to receive COVID-19 vaccine this week By Kelly Roberts | December 14, 2020 at 6:21 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 12:43 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - According to the state’s vaccine distribution plan, residents and staff at long-term care facilities are part of the first round of vaccines. At one Whitehaven facility, the vaccine could be there in just a couple of days. Leaders at Whitehaven Community L...