UC and Cal State systems plan to require coronavirus vaccinations in the fall

Source: The Hill | April 22, 2021 | Mychael Schnell

The University of California and California State University systems announced Thursday that they plan to require that all students, faculty and staff be vaccinated before returning to campuses in the fall.

The announcements are the largest vaccine requirement directives that U.S. higher education has yet seen, according to the Los Angeles Times, impacting more than 1 million members of the two public university systems.

The requirements, however, are not yet final. Both universities are waiting for a vaccine to receive full approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before putting the directives into effect. The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are both being administered under an emergency-use authorization from the FDA.

According to the Los Angeles Times, health experts expect that at least one will receive formal approval by the fall.

The University of California added that the requirement is contingent on “adequate availability of the fully approved vaccines.”

In a press release announcing the proposed policy, University of California President Michael V. Drake said receiving a vaccine is a “key step” in helping the campus bring an end to the pandemic.

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