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Penn mandates all faculty, staff must be fully vaccinated by August
Employees who decline to receive a COVID-19 vaccine will still be required to undergo weekly testing and wear face masks indoorsThe University of Pennsylvania announced Tuesday that it is expanding its COVID-19 vaccine requirement to faculty, staff and postdoctoral trainees ahead of the fall 2021 semester.
All university employees must be fully vaccinated by no later than Aug. 1, the school said in a statement. Beginning in two weeks, workers will need to start reporting their COVID-19 vaccination status online to the school.
Fully vaccinated faculty and staff should have their COVID-19 vaccine info submitted by July 1, Penn officials said. New hires and those vaccinated after July 1 should record their COVID-19 vaccine status as soon as possible.
Starting July 1, fully vaccinated employees will be exempt from both weekly COVID-19 testing by the school and daily screenings for coronavirus symptoms. Anyone fully vaccinated after July 1 will then be exempt as well.
Read more: https://www.phillyvoice.com/university-pennsylvania-penn-covid-19-vaccine-requirement-faculty-staff/