JACKSON — Mississippi Emergency Management Agency director Greg Michel is back home after being hospitalized three days with pneumonia that developed after he tested positive for COVID-19.
“Director Michel was released from the hospital Wednesday night,” agency spokeswoman Malary White wrote Thursday on social media. “He’s now at home resting and wants to thank everyone that has prayed for him and checked on him during his illness. He can’t thank his medical team enough for all their efforts in his recovery.
Michel tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 9. He is a retired colonel who commanded Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg from 2015 to 2017.
The state health officer, Dr. Thomas Dobbs, has implored people to avoid large gatherings during the holidays as coronavirus case numbers continue to grow.
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