{"id":15391,"date":"2020-03-08T17:59:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T22:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=15391"},"modified":"2020-03-08T17:59:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T22:59:36","slug":"tennessee-department-of-health-confirms-two-new-cases-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2020\/03\/08\/tennessee-department-of-health-confirms-two-new-cases-of-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Department of Health confirms Two New Cases of Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-326272\" title=\"Tennessee Department of Health\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Tennessee-Department-of-Health.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee Department of Health\" width=\"240\" height=\"108\"><strong>Nashville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) has confirmed two additional cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in Davidson County and Shelby County, bringing the state\u2019s total number of confirmed cases to three.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;TDH is working closely with local health officials in Davidson and Shelby counties to support&nbsp; the ongoing investigations of COVID-19 cases and we have full confidence in the ability of local jurisdictions to take swift action and mitigate risks,&#8221; said TDH Commissioner Lisa Piercey, MD, MBA, FAAP. &#8220;The overall risk to the public remains low as COVID-19 is not currently widespread in Tennessee or the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_483559\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-2.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-483559\" class=\"wp-image-483559 size-medium\" title=\" Tennessee Department of Health reports Davidson County, Shelby County Announce First Cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus).\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-2-480x270.jpg\" alt=\" Tennessee Department of Health reports Davidson County, Shelby County Announce First Cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus).\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-483559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tennessee Department of Health reports Davidson County, Shelby County Announce First Cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus).<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Case Management Update<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The TDH State Public Health Laboratory has now been authorized to run COVID-19 testing seven days a week to assist public health authorities and health care workers in identifying cases and treating individuals.<\/li>\n<li>The Tennessee Department of Health oversees 89 county health departments and serves as a partner to the six major metropolitan jurisdictions including:&nbsp; Shelby County, Madison County, Davidson County, Knox County, Hamilton County and Sullivan&nbsp; County.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recommended Precautions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tennesseans are encouraged to take routine precautions used in guarding against respiratory viruses:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wash your hands often with soap and water. Use alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available.<\/li>\n<li>Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t touch your eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands<\/li>\n<li>Stay home if you are sick<\/li>\n<li>Stay away from people who are sick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>COVID-19 Symptoms<\/h3>\n<p>Most patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection have mild respiratory illness with fever, cough and shortness of breath. A smaller number of patients have severe symptoms requiring hospitalization.<\/p>\n<h3>COVID-19 Information Line<\/h3>\n<p>TDH has launched a Tennessee Coronavirus Public Information Line in partnership with the Tennessee Poison Center. The number is 877.857.2945 and is available daily from 10:00am to 10:00pm Central time.<\/p>\n<p>People with concerns about their health should contact their health care providers. TDH has additional information available at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov.html\" >www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov.html<\/a>. The CDC has updated information and guidance available online at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html\" >www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) has confirmed two additional cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in Davidson County and Shelby County, bringing the state\u2019s total number of confirmed cases to three. &#8220;TDH is working closely with local health officials in Davidson and Shelby counties to support&nbsp; the ongoing investigations of COVID-19 cases and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[12675,7899,12712,1907,107,1667,1908,1636,12317,2774,549,284,925,3846,7379,261,513,2038],"class_list":["post-15391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-coronavirus","tag-cough","tag-covid-19","tag-davidson-county","tag-featured","tag-fever","tag-hamilton-county","tag-knox-county","tag-lisa-piercey","tag-madison-county","tag-nashville","tag-nashville-tn","tag-shelby-county","tag-sullivan-county","tag-tdh","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-department-of-health","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15392,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15391\/revisions\/15392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}