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Coronavirus COVID-19 Updates | |
 Following the identification of a COVID-19 case in Memphis this week, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is recommending extra precautions to older members of our communities and those with chronic medical conditions who live in north Mississippi. These groups are at the highest risk for severe illness, hospitalization or death from COVID-19. MSDH recommends that all long-term care facilities, personal care homes and group care sites for those with disabilities in DeSoto, Marshall, Tate and Tunica counties follow the following recommendations: - Discontinue group social activities.
- Consider restricting visitation until further notification.
- Post signs that discourage all nonessential visitation and discourage ill visitors from entering the facility.
- Keep all ill visitors away from the facility for at least 48 hours after symptoms resolve.
- Consider limiting visitation by children (especially during community wide outbreaks) and the elderly or those with underlying medical problems that place them at risk.
- Postpone all groups (like school groups or church groups) from visiting facility — this goes along with discontinuing all group activities.
- Visitors should cover their coughs and be educated on the importance of hand hygiene.
- Make sure the facility has plenty of hand washing products and that visitors have access to them.
- Visitors should only visit their family members and should not have contact with other residents since they could spread the virus.
| People most at risk for serious illness from COVID-19 are older adults and those with a chronic illness such as heart disease, diabetes or lung disease. The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and MSDH are now encouraging these groups to take simple precautions at all times to limit their exposure to others who may be ill: - Keep more space between you and others as you go through the day.
- Avoid crowds. When you do go out in public, keep away from others who are sick and limit close contact.
- Wash your hands often, with soap and water, especially after being in public places.
- If COVID-19 begins to spread locally, you should stay home as much as possible. Having a supply of important medications and basic supplies can help.
Full recommendations from the CDC » Last week the MSDH Public Health Laboratory began testing for COVID-19 in samples submitted by Mississippi physicians and healthcare providers in cases where coronavirus infection is a possibility. As of March 10, there have been 20 individuals tested for COVID-19; all results were negative. We'll continue to update this information as patient samples are submitted to us.
Anyone with flu-like symptoms, especially those who are older or in poor health, should see a healthcare provider as a matter of general good health. Healthcare providers can then assess individual cases which may need specific testing for COVID-19. | |
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- Small changes make a big difference: Adding olive oil and dropping butter from your diet could cut your risk of heart disease by one-fifth, a new study from the National Institutes of Health finds.
Read more » - Less meat for a longer life: More evidence mounts that cutting out red meat and processed meats can extend your life comes from two new long-term Harvard studies. Replacing meats with nuts, beans, vegetables and whole grains led to a 27 percent drop in deaths for older adults.
Read more » - Smoking early in pregnancy affects birth outcomes: Quitting smoking is great advice for everyone, but it's especially important that women try to quit even before they become pregnant. A large study of women in Finland found that mothers who didn't quit until the first trimester of pregnancy had babies with lower birth weights and abnormal body proportions.
Read more » We've been talking a lot about coronavirus prevention, but remember that general good health means that you can resist and recover from infectious diseases of all kinds better. Staying active and giving your body the right foods has always been at the heart of a healthy and enjoyable life. Make them part of your disease prevention toolkit. - Choosing the right foods to bring home gets you started on building a healthier body.
Read our guide to good foods » - Moving more in your daily routine makes it easier to get the physical activity you need for good health.
Read about the many ways to get moving » - Quitting smoking is the most profound step to better health you can take. Tobacco use raises the risk of a wide range of diseases, with cancer and heart disease leading the way. Who needs that?
- Get free help quitting »
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 When new health threats arrive, it can be easy to overlook ones like colon cancer that have been affecting Mississippians for much longer. Colon cancer is one of the top cancers that take the lives of Mississippians, and it thrives when people are less active, weigh more, and choose fewer healthful foods. As those trends continue, colon and rectal cancer increase. Today we're seeing these cancers appear even in adults under 30, when it used to be a concern only for seniors. Colorectal cancer is highly preventable. Lifestyle changes that are basic to a healthy life also cut your risk of colon and rectal cancer significantly. That means choosing foods like fish, vegetables and whole grains that reinforce a healthy body, sitting less, and getting active on your feet more. | "C" inspection scores for the past seven days Mississippi food facilities are graded A, B or C, reflecting whether critical violations were found during inspections and how quickly they were corrected. The facilities below received a grade of C for a critical violation not corrected at the time of inspection, or a critical violation repeated from a previous inspection.
Precautions and alerts recently listed by MSDH
Significant violations recently reported from Mississippi child care facility inspections The Mississippi State Department of Health conducts regular inspections of licensed child care facilities to ensure compliance with state regulations. Listed below are violations found during recent inspections that resulted in a monetary penalty for the facility. These violations have the potential to endanger children in these facilities, and include failure to maintain the minimum staff to child ratio, leaving children unattended, failure to conduct a background check, and lack of CPR/first aid training. - Tons Creative Center for Learning, Jackson 3/5/2020
Children left unattended - Dream Kidz, Jackson 3/5/2020
Children left unattended Online database of child care facilities: Find general information, inspection records and penalties for any registered child care facility with our online database. Child care facility search » For a detailed report on any facility, please make a request in writing using our public records request process. Find out more » | |
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Reportable Disease Statistics | |
| Mississippi's reportable disease statistics provide the latest figures and yearly totals for selected diseases of public health interest reported to MSDH by hospitals and other health care providers. Current and past months' statistics, with details by public health district, can be viewed online. | |
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A sample of services and programs from the Mississippi State Department of Health  The F. E. "Ed" Thompson, Jr. State Public Health Laboratory serves the citizens of Mississippi by testing for food safety, disease detection, and chronic disease screening. Hundreds of thousands of individual tests are performed each year as part of its disease and environmental monitoring. The laboratory is able to rapidly test and respond to common infectious diseases such as Salmonella and West Nile virus, as well as global threats such as flu, HIV and drug-resistant tuberculosis. It has recently added testing capacity for COVID-19 in response to the current coronavirus outbreak. In addition, the laboratory monitors Mississippi's drinking water for chemical and bacterial contamination, and performs routine testing of bottled water and dairy products to ensure safety and purity. The laboratory is also a Level 2 chemical terrorist response laboratory and the state's only Laboratory Response Network (LRN) reference lab for biological threats. | | |
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