All SUNY Schools to Require Students to Have COVID-19 Vaccine
In a move that had been speculated about for quite a while, the State University of New York system will require all students to have received the COVID-19 vaccine in order to return to campus for in-person classes.
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All colleges and university centers in the SUNY and CUNY system will require students who are returning in the fall to have received the COVID-19 Vaccine before they are allowed on campus. The Governor also strongly encouraged private colleges and universities that are within New York State to follow suit and require their students to be vaccinated as well.
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The Pfizer jab was already being given to people as young as 16 in the US. (Reuters) Social Share
Washington – The US has authorised the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds amid a push to get the shot into more Americans’ arms.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it was “a significant step in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic”.
FDA Commissioner Dr Janet Woodcock said the move was aimed at “bringing us close to returning to a sense of normalcy and to ending the pandemic”.
Some 260 million doses have been given in the US, but demand has been falling.
State and city universities in N.Y. will require vaccinations once the shots have full approval.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York spoke at a news conference on Monday about requiring students on public college campuses in New York to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Credit.Pool photo by Mary Altaffer
May 10, 2021
The State University of New York and the City University of New York plan to require that all students attending in-person instruction in the fall be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said on Monday.
He said the requirement would be contingent on the federal government granting full approval to the vaccines now in use. So far, three vaccines have been given emergency use authorization in the United States, but none have full approval yet.
NYC schools won’t mandate coronavirus vaccine, mayor says
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
New York City public school students and staff won t be mandated to get the coronavirus vaccine for the 2021-2022 school year, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. (Staten Island Advance file photos)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. New York City won’t mandate coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in public schools for the 2021-2022 school year, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.
During his press conference, de Blasio was asked by reporters if the city would mandate the vaccine for students and staff for next school year. New York State announced Monday it would require college students in State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York (CUNY) schools get inoculated for the fall semester.