TVA employees in Cumberland City will have to get COVID-19 vaccine | ClarksvilleNow.com – Clarksville Now

CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) All the employees at the TVA Cumberland Fossil Plant will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks.

The details are being worked out, but TVA spokesman Scott Fielder confirmed to Clarksville Now that all TVA employees must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 22. That includes the estimated 180 employees of the TVA plant in Cumberland City, about 25 miles southwest of Clarksville on Highway 149.

The requirement is in response to President Joe Bidens order earlier this month that all federal employees must get COVID-19 vaccine.

After reviewing the recently issued Executive Order and additional guidance received from the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force for federal employees, TVA employees will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by November 22, 2021, according to a TVA statement provided by Fielder.

TVA has consistently encouraged our workforce to become vaccinated since vaccines became available to them, as this offers the best protection against serious illness. We are currently working on developing the specific processes and procedures needed to implement this new requirement, including the development of a secure system through which employees will document their vaccination status, the statement said.

Employees will be updated as new information becomes available, he said.

Until then, TVAs current COVID-19 protection protocols will remain in place. Those include:

WKRN, Channel 2 in Nashville contributed to this report.

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