Category: COVID-19

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn – It’s no secret that the year 2020 hasn’t been the best. This year our area has been faced with community unrest, tornadoes, and a global pandemic causing us to be isolated from our normal routines. With the holiday season here, Mental health…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. –  “We take care of our communities and this is just one way that we feel like that we can do that whether it’s providing groceries or whether it’s providing healthcare and part of that being able to give the COVID vaccine,” Food…

CHATTANOOGA Tenn – The Health Department is suspending COVID-19 contact tracing efforts and adopting updated CDC guidance for quarantining. The health department advises anyone with a positive COVID-19 test result, regardless of testing location, to self-isolate immediately, notify close contacts of exposure, and ask them…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn  – Since the pandemic began nearly 10 months ago, the medical community has been scrambling to  learn about and control- the spread of the virus known as COVID-19. Although Covid-19 is a new strain, doctors say that other strains of the Coronavirus, such…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Food City grocery store chain announced on Monday that once a COVID-19 vaccine is available that it will provide vaccinations to the general public for free. The company says that is a partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Food…

CHATTANOOGA,Tenn – Even in a pandemic, the Chattanooga Rescue Mission continued its longtime-tradition of feeding hundreds of people in need on Thanksgiving Day. “The virus has obviously has affected everybody. Everybody has to make adjustments,” Chattanooga Rescue Mission Chaplain Donald Baer said Thursday. With the…

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – The Hamilton County Health Department announced 50 positive tests now in our area which is up 11 cases since yesterday. And they reported one more death today, bringing a total to three. They also have broken down who has gotten sick (but…

CHATTANOOGA,Tenn –  On Friday, the Tennessee Department of Health reported 392,608 COVID-19 cases statewide (up 4,356) with 351,553 inactive/recoveries and 4,876 deaths (up 95). Statewide, 4,618,937 tests have been completed and 2,485 people are currently hospitalized. The Hamilton County Health Department reported 19,863 cases (up 362) and 173…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn – Among those struggling due to the COVID-19 shutdowns are working artists who lost their jobs and whose gigs were canceled. ArtsBuild – the nonprofit here in Chattanooga – created for those artists in Hamilton County to sustain them.

CHATTANOOGA – The Hamilton County Health Department reports two more COVID-19 positive tests and one more death. This brings the totals to 39 positive cases and two local deaths. Health Department Administrator Becky Barnes scolded the community on our social distancing efforts. “People are not…