FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                
 Date: December 7, 2020

CONTACT:     Joan Carr
Office: (901) 222-9010
 Cell:                 (901) 691-5704

HEALTH DEPARTMENT FACILITY CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19
 Southland Mall Clinic closed December 7-15, 2020 

SHELBY COUNTY, TN – Like many Shelby County businesses and institutions, the Shelby County Health Department has been impacted by COVID-19. The Health Department has recently identified personnel who have tested positive for the virus. They have been placed in isolation and those identified as contacts have been placed in quarantine. All have been removed from the workplace until their periods of isolation and quarantine are completed.  Impacted Health Department facilities have been sanitized according to the guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

As a result of the recent cases and contact tracing activities, the Health Department’s Southland Mall Public Health Clinic will be closed from December 7, 2020 to December 15, 2020. The clinic will reopen to provide services on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. In the interim, clients will be scheduled at other Shelby County Health Department clinics. 

For more information about Shelby County Health Department services, please visit our website: www.shelbytnhealth.com. 

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