Mississippi has one of the country's lowest vaccination rates and is experiencing a COVID-19 surge that's putting ICUs near capacity.
A medical assistant administers a COVID-19 vaccine dose to a woman at a clinic in Los Angeles on March 25, 2021.Vaccinated students will be randomly selected to win things like fall tuition and housing credits.See more stories on Insider's business pageThe University of Southern Mississippi will pay some students in tuition and housing costs if they get vaccinated, the school said in a statement Thursday.is intended to encourage students to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
"The best way for our students to stay healthy, stay connected, and stay in class this fall is by getting a COVID-19 vaccine. I urge all of our students to do their part and get vaccinated for COVID-19 now, if they haven't already done so," Dr. Dee Dee Anderson, USM Vice President for Student Affairs, said in the announcement.
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