Coronavirus
The latest Coronavirus coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Health section.
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North Georgia COVID-19 surge leads to substitute teacher shortage
Catoosa County Schools in Georgia is using staff members who do not have full-time classroom assignments, such as counselors and media specialists, to cover classes amid a shortage of teachers.
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Georgia vaccination efforts once faced hesitance – now it’s hostile resistance
Dr. John Cowan cut a lonely figure at a recent Republican rally in northwest Georgia.
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AdventHealth Gordon changes visitation policy amid COVID-19 surge
AdventHealth Gordon in Gordon County, Georgia, updated its visitation policy Tuesday evening after an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases. Officials said the decision was made with the goal of keeping patients, team members and visitors as safe as possible for the duration of the current surge.
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Hamilton County Schools to close all schools for two days next week amid COVID-19 surge
Hamilton County Schools will close all campuses without instruction Tuesday and Wednesday of next week - extending the long Labor Day weekend - to reduce COVID-19 spread, according to a message from the district Wednesday afternoon.
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National Guard assists Chattanooga hospitals as record COVID-19 surge forces elective procedure reduction
Members of the Tennessee National Guard will arrive Wednesday at two Erlanger Health System hospitals in Hamilton County while all local hospitals are forced to scale back elective procedures as the worst patient surge of the pandemic to date pushes health care systems to the brink.
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Oxygen supplies grow precarious amid COVID surge
The COVID-19 surge is stretching oxygen supplies and sending hospitals scrambling for more ventilators, even as there are signs of hope that the spread of the virus is slowing down in pockets of the U.S.
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Signal Mountain mandates masks inside town buildings
The town of Signal Mountain is now mandating masks in public spaces inside its municipal buildings.
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Mormon vaccine push ratchets up, dividing faith’s members
After more than a year of attending church virtually, Monique Allen has struggled to explain to her asthmatic daughter why people from their congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints don't wear masks.
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Startups are way up in Tennessee, nationally as pandemic prompts people to redefine success
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic - or perhaps because of it - business starts jumped to a record high in the first half of 2021, according to filings with the Tennessee Secretary of State's Office.
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Spread of delta variant causes spike in COVID-19 deaths across Chattanooga region in August
Hamilton County and the surrounding region experienced a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in August, a step back in months of progress against the pandemic.
