MSU to vaccinate employees for coronavirus
The university says they will begin qualifying on March 16.
Posted: Mar 12, 2021 10:42 AM
Posted By: Melvin Carlock
The university has been making plans to serve as a COVID-19 vaccination site.
MSU Emergency Manager Brent Crocker says they will administer a limited supply of Pfizer vaccines.
He says the school will continue to request additional doses until all MSU employees wanting the vaccine receive it.
A formal request has been submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Mississippi State Department of Health to allow Mississippi State to administer vaccines not to just employees, but to students as well.
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Vaccines will be available on campus beginning Friday, March 12, to people who work on campus, according to an email from Provost Noel Wilkin. Currently, only the Pfizer vaccine is available and only those who meet Mississippi State Department of Health guidelines on who can receive the vaccine will be eligible to be vaccinated on campus.
On-campus vaccinations are only available to people who work at the university at this time, including student workers and those who work in Aramark locations on campus.
The Tad C. Smith Coliseum has been prepared to receive shipments of the coronavirus vaccine for weeks, and vaccine administration will begin on campus on Friday, March 12. File photo by Katherine Butler.
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5 Things To Know About The Ongoing Water Crisis In Jackson, Mississippi
Activists said the city doesn t get funding and support because Black people make up 80% of the population.
March 10, 2021 at 10:37 pm
Thousands of people in Jackson, Mississippi, are still without immediate, safe drinking water and are being forced to lug gallons of water from distribution sites to their homes just to flush the toilet.
The crisis has been going on for three weeks after a winter storm passed through the area and damaged the city’s water treatment plant. While many residents in the higher elevation are still unable to shower or wash dishes due to low pressure in faucets, about 160,000 people in other areas of the city said the water was being restored, USA Today reported.