Harvard University To Require COVID-19 Booster Shots, Shift To Remote Learning Temporarily In January

Harvard University announced it will require booster shots and will also mostly shift to remote learning for the first three weeks of January 2022, citing spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. “Looking to the spring semester, Harvard will require COVID-19 boosters for all members of our community who are eligible, including students, faculty, staff, and researchers (individuals with an approved exemption will not need to submit additional information),” university administrators told Harvard affiliates on Dec. 16. Lawrence Bacow, the university’s president, said in the message along with other top administrators that if people are unable to get a booster before they return to campus, “additional opportunities will be available,” and that they “will not be barred from entering campus.” The administrators said they would communicate more information in early January about the booster shot requirement. Harvard is also moving most of its learning and work to remote options for the first …  » Read full article