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Piedmont’s Oconee Health Campus Opens Mass Vaccine Clinic

Piedmont Health System is opening a mass vaccination clinic on its Athens Regional Oconee Health Campus. Piedmont has transitioned from eight patient COVID vaccine locations across the system to three, hub-based locations in Atlanta, Athens, and Columbus. The facility will serve eligible Piedmont patients and will be able to provide 700 to 800 vaccines a day, depending on supplies.

The site is by appointment only; no walk-ins will be accepted.

The clinic is scheduled to open Thursday, March 4th. It is located at 1305 Jennings Mill Road.

Alexia Ridley joined WUGA as Television and Radio News Anchor and Reporter in 2013. When WUGA TV concluded operations, she became the primary Reporter for WUGA Radio. Alexia came to Athens from Macon where she served as the News Director and show host for WGXA TV. She's a career journalist and Savannah native hailing from the University of Michigan. However, Alexia considers herself an honorary UGA DAWG!