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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Austin Peay State University officials expect to administer up to 25,000 COVID-19 vaccinations in the coming months to university students, employees and their families.
Additionally, Austin Peay plans to open a new clinical laboratory Jan. 4 on campus that will help university healthcare workers deliver quicker, more accurate COVID-19 testing and results, according to a release sent by the university..
The news comes as the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified across the country and in Tennessee, where the state is averaging more than 8,000 infections and 70 deaths per day.
Austin Peay will be one of the vaccination pods in Montgomery County.
Austin Peay State University set up a COVID-19 testing site last summer. (APSU)
Additionally, Austin Peay State University plans to open a new clinical laboratory January 4th, 2021 on campus that will help university healthcare workers deliver quicker, more accurate COVID-19 Coronavirus testing and results.
The news comes as the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic has intensified across the country and in Tennessee, where the state is averaging more than 8,000 infections and 70 deaths per day.
Vaccinating up to 25,000 people
Austin Peay State University will be one of the vaccination pods in Montgomery County, said Dr. Heather Phillips, director of the university’s new clinical laboratory.