{"id":78312,"date":"2021-08-26T18:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T22:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/human-resources\/?p=78312"},"modified":"2023-05-23T13:26:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T17:26:16","slug":"covid-19-vaccination-requirement-for-faculty-and-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/human-resources\/2021\/08\/26\/covid-19-vaccination-requirement-for-faculty-and-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Faculty and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Effective September 27, 2021, the University of Rochester will require all faculty and staff to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. Our epidemiologists, public health experts, and scientists have stressed the effectiveness and safety of COVID vaccines. Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine\">fully approved<\/a>\u00a0the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for individuals 16 and older (with full approval of the Moderna vaccine anticipated shortly), we believe it is in the best interests of the health and safety of our entire University community to ensure that faculty and staff join with our students, who are already required to be vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>All faculty and staff must have received at least one dose of the two-dose vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna) or have received the single Johnson &amp; Johnson dose by September 27. URMC clinical staff will continue to follow New York State Department of Health directives.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/covid-19-vaccination-requirement-for-faculty-and-staff-in-place-september-27-2021\/\">full article<\/a>, view <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/faq\/vaccines\/\">frequently asked questions<\/a>, or visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/\">COVID-19 Resource Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective September 27, 2021, the University of Rochester will require all faculty and staff to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. 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