Maryland's public higher education system will require that students, faculty and staff returning to campuses in the fall be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Maryland public universities to require COVID-19 vaccine
Marylandâs public higher education system will require that students, faculty and staff returning to campuses in the fall be vaccinated against COVID-19
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BALTIMORE Maryland s public higher education system will require that students, faculty and staff returning to campuses in the fall be vaccinated against COVID-19.
University System of Maryland Chancellor Jay Perman announced the decision in a statement Friday. The system will allow appropriate exemptions for medical or religious reasons, the statement said.
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The University of Maryland System will now require students, faculty and staff to get a COVID-19 vaccine before returning to their respective campuses such as the University of Maryland College Park, University of Baltimore, Bowie State University and 10 other schools and educational services.
The University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents voted early Friday morning on the decision. University System of Maryland Chancellor Jay Perman announced the decision in a statement Friday. The system will allow appropriate exemptions for medical or religious reasons, the statement said.
Listen to the meeting below: I’d like to frame my remarks not only as System chancellor, but as a physician a pediatrician, reads a statement from Perman. If we examine the data and there is an extraordinary accumulation of data we see that the risk of vaccines is very low
BALTIMORE, MD (WEAA) Morgan State University and the University System of Maryland will require students, faculty and staff to receive the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to campuses in the fall.
Morgan State President Dr. David Wilson and the University System of Maryland Chancellor Jay Perman made the annoucements Friday morning.
Morgan is requiring all faculty, staff and students to have received a full vaccination by August 1, 2021.
“After careful consideration, extensive internal and external consultation and supportive feedback from a myriad of members from within our Morgan community, the best path forward to a return to normalcy is to require everyone within our community to get vaccinated,” said President Wilson. “The science is credible; vaccinations are the only way that we are going to achieve herd immunity, and everyone must be a part of that solution. We appreciate everyone’s understanding as we work through these challenging times together, wit
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