COVID Responses

County Commission Zoom meeting

County commissioners may vote next week on dissolving the Board of Health. In the meantime, they support more funding for pandemic homeless services.

Threatening Messages Condemned

The Knox County Board of Health passes a resolution denouncing the threats local officials of all stripes have received over the pandemic response.

Shots and Surprises

Despite lagging logistics, high demand and overwhelmed phone systems, more than 4,000 county residents have received their first doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

The Pre-Pandemic Risk

The Health Department’s most recent Community Health Assessment shows how vulnerable Knox County’s population was when COVID-19 arrived.

‘The Team Came Together’

Donde Plowman and Randy Boyd

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2020 Revue: City of Knoxville

The COVID-19 pandemic was just the first in a series of crises that greeted Mayor Indya Kincannon during her first year in office.

Musical Labs

COVID test sign

The Health Department has used multiple laboratories for COVID-19 testing, prompting questions about its choice of firms.

Contact Tracing Reset

With COVID-19 cases rising, the Knox County Health Department is changing the way it tracks the illness through the community.