Pitt Requiring Staff & Students To Have COVID Vaccine

(WPXI) Starting Dec. 6th, all University of Pittsburgh students, faculty and staff members across all campuses will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved exemption. If they fail to comply, students won’t be allowed to enroll in classes for the spring semester and/or live on campus and faculty members will face discipline. According to a notice issued Monday, more than 93% of students, faculty and staff members disclosed they were fully vaccinated during the course of the fall semester. University officials said not requiring the vaccine “is not sustainable in the long term.” Currently enrolled students who are not vaccinated will not be eligible to enroll in Spring 2022 term classes or live in the residence halls as of January 1st, 2022. Students who enroll for Spring class prior to December 1st but fail to provide proof or obtain an exemption by this deadline will be unenrolled. Current faculty and staff who are not vaccinated will be subject to disciplinary action, which will include loss of access to electronic resources and other disciplinary actions up to and including termination of employment.