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As of today, June 11, 2020, the Shelby County Health Department will once again dispense fabric face masks to the public at 814 Jefferson and its other public health facilities located around Shelby County.

On June 1, the Health Department stopped the distribution of the black, knitted face masks provided by the State of Tennessee for distribution to the public.The masks, manufactured by Renfro Corp., were treated with a chemical called Silvadur, an anti-microbial agent applied to fabrics to reduce the growth of odor-causing bacteria.

For more information about COVID-19 call the Shelby County Health Department’s COVID-19 hotline at 833-943-1558 or visit the COVID-19 webpage: College’s 150th Spring Commencement ceremony will be a virtual affair via LeMoyne-Owen’s Facebook Live and YouTube Live on Saturday (June 13) at 10 a.m. CST.

On Wednesday, Cohen found common ground with former New Orleans Mayor and National Urban League President Marc Morial regarding the recently introduced Justice in Policing Act, which incorporates three bills long pushed by Cohen: the National Statistics on Deadly Force Transparency Act (H.R. 119), the Police CAMERA Act (H.R. 120) and the Police Training and Independent Review Act (H.R. 125).

In questions to Morial, Cohen said:

“Part of this bill is a provision which Ms. (Vanita) Gupta (President and Chief Executive Officer, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights) had in her recommendations that an independent prosecutor would restore confidence in the public.

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