Updated on March 7, 2021 at 12:50 am
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From learning online to learning on the frontline more than 120 UMass Lowell nursing students are helping administer COVID-19 vaccines at a mass vaccination clinic in Lowell, Massachusetts.
The partnership with Lowell General Hospital began last month and pairs healthcare workers from the hospital with nursing students from the university s College of Health Sciences. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Together, they have vaccinated more than 25,000 Massachusetts residents. The vaccination site has gone from administering 400 vaccines a day to around 2,000 each day in less than a month. Hospital staff say they ll continue expanding and delivering as many vaccines as they can going forward and students will continue to contribute to the vaccination effort.