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University Health Services to offer vaccination appointments to all students
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University Health Services, or UHS is offering the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine over the next two weeks. Appointments through UHS are available for May 5-6 and May 12-13.
Last Updated May 4, 2021
As COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available, UC Berkeley University Health Services, or UHS, is offering vaccination appointments to all students over the next two weeks.
Students will be able to sign up for an appointment at the Pauley Ballroom through the eTang website, and drop-in appointments are also available, according to an email from the UC Berkeley Division of Student Affairs. Appointments are available May 5, 6, 12 and 13, the email adds.
As COVID-19 vaccines become increasingly available, universities nationwide have announced a mandatory vaccination requirement for their students to return to in-person instruction in fall 2021, leading to questions about how UC Berkeley and the UC system at large will tackle this situation.
UC Berkeley University Health Services, or UHS, spokesperson Tami Cate said in an email campus is not currently issuing a mandate for vaccinations. UC Health Communications director Michael Crawford added in an email that the UC system does not currently require students, staff or faculty to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
A future mandate for vaccinations is still being deliberated by the UC system administration as fall 2021 recommendations and plans are in the works, according to Crawford. Cate added that campus hopes to relay new information regarding a vaccine mandate by mid-to-late April.
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As California looks to Blue Shield to assist in the statewide distribution and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine, the UC system is left wondering whether they will continue to receive doses.
The state’s decision indicated a shift to county-based mass vaccination programs, which may mean that the university will no longer receive doses to vaccinate the campus community, according to a campuswide email sent Friday.
Campuses are unlikely to acquire new doses for at least the next two weeks or until the vaccine is more widely available, the email notes. Those who received their first dose from UC Berkeley’s University Health Services, however, should be able to receive their second dose as well.