HIGHLIGHT: TENNESSEE
Memphis: More than 2,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Shelby County went to waste over the past month while local officials sat on tens of thousands of shots they thought had already gone into arms, the state’s top health official announced Tuesday. Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said issues dating back to Feb. 3 ranged from multiple incidents of spoiled doses, an excessive vaccine inventory, insufficient record-keeping and a lack of a formal process for managing soon-to-expire vaccines. A federal investigation is also expected. Shelby County’s local health department will no longer be allowed to allocate the vaccine.