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  • UW-Green Bay rapid COVID testing site to remain open

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    Sue Bodilly

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    GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – UW-Green Bay will continue free rapid COVID-19 testing on Jan. 27.The rapid testing site is located at the Weidner Center, 2450 Weidner Center Drive. It will be open weekdays 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.UWGB says the site has been popular. The average about 350-400 tests per day.Surge testing sites at…

  • Vaccine clinics to launch in Green Bay, Sheboygan

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    Editorial Student

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    Prevea Health is partnering with the University of Wisconsin Green Bay to launch two community COVID-19 vaccine clinics — one at the Kress Events Center on the UW-Green Bay campus in Green Bay and another in the gymnasium of the UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus in Sheboygan, come late January and early February. Source: Vaccine clinics…

  • Thompson: UW schools to increase virus testing next semester

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    Editorial Student

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    FOX 11 spoke exclusively with UW System President Tommy Thompson to see how the schools are looking to slow the spread. “In the first semester, we only did testing of the residents once a week. And now we’re going to test everyone in the residence halls at least once a week, and maybe twice a…

  • Community Rapid (surge) Testing will continue at UW-Green Bay beginning Wednesday, Jan. 27

    Community Rapid (surge) Testing will continue at UW-Green Bay beginning Wednesday, Jan. 27

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Green Bay, Wis.—University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson announced today, an extension of community COVID-19 surge (rapid) testing sites, hosted at UW System campuses. At the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the free, rapid testing site will return to the Weidner Center location beginning, Wednesday, January 27, 2021 and will be open weekdays from 9…

  • Prevea Community COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus to open Feb. 4

    Prevea Community COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus to open Feb. 4

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Sheboygan – The Prevea Community COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus, One University Drive, will open Thursday, Feb. 4. The Prevea Community COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus will provide COVID-19 vaccinations to all community members eligible for the vaccine under the vaccination prioritization guidelines set by the Wisconsin Department of…

  • Prevea Health to open vaccine clinic at UW-Green Bay Sheboygan campus

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    Sue Bodilly

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    SHEBOYGAN – Prevea Health will open its vaccine clinic at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus in Sheboygan on Thursday, Feb. 4. According to a news release from Prevea, the clinic will provide vaccines to all community members who are eligible under the guidelines from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, but appointments will be required.As…

  • COVID-19 in Wisconsin: Tony Evers praises Prevea vaccination clinic

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    Sue Bodilly

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    GREEN BAY – Gov. Tony Evers and University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson praised the work of Prevea Health at the opening of its COVID-19 vaccination clinic Monday on the UW-Green Bay campus. “What Prevea has put together is quite amazing in a very, very, very short period of time,” Evers said at a…

  • Green Bay Gym Transformed to Mass Vaccination Center in Days

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    Sue Bodilly

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    GREEN BAY, Wis. —  Just a week ago one of the gyms in the Kress Events Center at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay was just that — a gym. After several days of work, the space is now a COVID-19 community vaccination center, one of many going up across the state and nation. “There’s…

  • COVID-19 vaccination site opens at UWGB

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    Sue Bodilly

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    GREEN BAY, Wis (NBC 26) — Today Governor Tony Evers visited Green Bay to tour what’s now one of the largest COVID-19 vaccination sites in the state. The clinic at UWGB opened on Monday as firefighters and police started receiving COVID-19 vaccinations for the first time.For months at UWGB, local healthcare workers have been testing…

  • PHOTOS, VIDEO: First shots administered at Prevea/UWGB clinic | WLUK

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    Sue Bodilly

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    GREEN BAY (WLUK) — Officers from several local law enforcement agencies were among the first people to receive coronavirus vaccinations at Prevea Health’s clinic on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus. Prevea Health says it gave first doses to 100 people on Monday. That was the clinic’s first day of operation, and also the first…