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Tennessee recruits districts and school nurses to vaccinate teachers and staff
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School nurses in Tennessee could be trained to vaccinate teachers and other school staff if their districts sign on to receive and deliver doses that offer protection against the coronavirus. Only 60% of the state’s public schools had a full-time nurse in 2018-19, according to a 2020 state report.
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Teachers, bus drivers, and other school staff could get their COVID-19 shots on campus and from school nurses under a plan being promoted by Tennessee’s education chief.
Commissioner Penny Schwinn said Thursday the Tennessee Department of Health is recruiting schools as vaccination sites and school nurses to give the shots “wherever feasible.” ....

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