LEE SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO SUPPORT HEALTH CARE AND VACCINATION EFFORTS FOR COVID-19
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed Executive Order 82 today. It is a limited continuing state of emergency calling for the use of the national and state guard to support certain health care and vaccination efforts. It will go into effect at 11:59 p.m. tonight (July 30, 2021) and is scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m. August 31, 2021. This is the only directive mentioned in the document. The order comes as many hospital emergency rooms are getting overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases.