UW leaders visit campus vaccine clinic, plan to scale up operations

UW leaders visit campus vaccine clinic, plan to scale up operations

UW System interim President Tommy Thompson, and UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, talk with staff as the university officials tour the University Health Service (UHS)-run COVID-19 vaccination clinic. (Photo by Jeff Miller / UW-Madison)

UW System interim President Tommy Thompson, and UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, talk with staff as the university officials tour the University Health Service (UHS)-run COVID-19 vaccination clinic. (Photo by Jeff Miller / UW-Madison)

UW Chancellor Blank and other UW System leaders took a tour of a campus vaccine clinic Tuesday, as the university plans to scale up operations as more COVID-19 vaccines become available.

The Nicholas Recreation Center, or ‘Nick,’ became a vaccine clinic for UHS in February. According to UW, the university has administered nearly 10,500 COVID-19 vaccine doses to its community.

Blank, interim UW System President Tommy Thompson and others visited the site.

“We feel really fortunate to have access to this space, and to be able to provide COVID-19 vaccines to our students and employees,” said Associate Vice Chancellor and Executive Director of University Health Services Jake Baggott. “We look forward to supplies increasing so we can get more of our community on their way to full protection against the disease.”

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