Thursday 28th March 2024

JMCR Health Department Has Received a New Shipment of Free Masks

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The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has received a new shipment of free masks, according to the department’s executive director Kim Tedford.  The department said it will be distributing free masks between 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.

Madison County residents can pick up their free masks at the health department (located at 804 North Parkway) or at The WIC Center (located at 589 East College Street). Madison County residents will be limited to one mask per person. If you already received a free mask, please do not come back to request another one, the department said.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s Unified Command Group (UCG) is supplying the masks for Madison County residents and the masks are being distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Renfro, Corp, a global sock brand company, headquartered in Mount Airy, N.C., with a manufacturing and distribution operation in Cleveland, Tenn., will work with the UCG to make the masks available to as many Tennesseans as possible, according to a news release from Gov. Lee’s office. UCG is supplying the first 300,000 Renfro masks, based on population, to all 95 of Tennessee’s county and municipal health departments this week. The local county health departments will serve as a convenient pickup location for local residents in need of a mask.

A full list of local health departments is available here.

Please call the health department at 731-423-3020 if you have questions.

Find more information about COVID-19 from the Tennessee Department of Health at https://www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated information and guidance available online at www.cdc.gov/COVID19.

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