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The University of Mississippi has been prepared to distribute COVID-19 vaccinations within a moment’s notice for weeks.
Socially-distanced tables and chairs fill the Tad Smith Coliseum, organizing the circular building into stations through which patients will rotate counter-clockwise. General medical supplies are stocked, and security guards are on call. According to students who have begun training, approximately 180 UM pharmacy students will be assisting licensed pharmacists in administering the vaccine.
Once vaccine doses arrive at the university, they will be administered by pharmacy students. Photo by Katherine Butler.
The only thing missing from the university’s vaccination distribution plan is actual doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
MSDH reports 1,210 new coronavirus cases, 24 new deaths Thursday
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported 1,210 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new deaths Thursday, Feb. 4.
Posted: Feb 4, 2021 9:16 AM
Updated: Feb 5, 2021 10:04 AM
Posted By: Zac Carlisle
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported 1,210 new COVID-19 cases and 24 new deaths Thursday, Feb. 4.
New COVID-19 related deaths reported to MSDH as of 3 p.m. Wednesday. Twenty-three deaths occurred between Jan. 28 and Feb. 3, 2021, in the counties below.
Source: MSDH
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As of Thursday, Feb. 4, there have been 278,532 total cases of the virus since mid-March 2020, which is when the state reported its first case. There have been 6,182 total deaths.