{"id":102721,"date":"2021-01-21T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T19:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=102721"},"modified":"2021-01-21T13:00:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T19:00:33","slug":"task-force-preparing-for-campuswide-covid-19-vaccinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/task-force-preparing-for-campuswide-covid-19-vaccinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Task Force Preparing for Campuswide COVID-19 Vaccinations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The UM Vaccine Distribution and Administration Task Force is preparing to launch a campuswide vaccination program as soon as shipments are available. Adobe Stock photo<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 Although the exact date when doses will arrive is pending, the University of Mississippi<\/a> Vaccine Distribution and Administration Task Force is preparing to launch a campuswide vaccination program as soon as shipments are available.<\/p>\n

The task force is working with the Mississippi State Department of Health to obtain doses of a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible. Ole Miss officials are hopeful that once it arrives, the process to offer immunizations to the entire campus community can begin quickly.<\/p>\n

“I am extremely confident in our vaccine administration team,” Provost Noel Wilkin said. “They have been administering vaccines on our campus for about a decade and conduct Operation Immunization each year for influenza vaccines.<\/p>\n

“With the planning and competence of our team and the expertise and guidance of the Vaccine Distribution and Administration Task Force, I am confident that we will be able to begin administering vaccine to people on our campus within hours of it arriving.”<\/p>\n

University officials do not know how many doses will be received initially. The Mississippi State Department of Health announced Monday (Jan. 18) that additional COVID-19 vaccine appointments are available for the following populations:<\/p>\n