More universities require COVID vaccination for students

Brown University and Northeastern University now join a handful of United States universities and colleges that require students to be fully vaccinated before returning to campuses this fall, writes Robert Glatter for Forbes.

After Rutgers became the first university to mandate COVID-19 vaccination less than two weeks ago, at least eight colleges and universities now require COVID-19 vaccination before returning to school in the fall. Cornell University, Rutgers University, Fort Lewis College, Nova Southeastern University, St Edward’s University and Roger Williams University round out the growing list of schools that Brown and Northeastern now join.

The decision to vaccinate all returning students this fall comes as data demonstrates that college students contribute significantly to transmission of COVID-19. Based on data from the New York Times, more than 120,000 cases of COVID-19 have been linked to American colleges and universities since 1 January, and more than 530,000 cases since the pandemic began.
Full report on the Forbes site