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Two weeks after Boston University’s decision that it would require COVID-19 vaccinations for students enrolled in the fall semester left many international students concerned that vaccinations received in their home countries might not be accepted, University health officials now say all COVID-19 vaccines will satisfy the BU requirement.
And in another bit of good news for international students, who comprise 25 percent of BU’s student population, Jean Morrison, BU provost and chief academic officer, says that BU is working with other universities across the country to ensure that incoming and continuing students are able to get visas and return to their studies in Boston. “We remain hopeful that the federal government will move this effort along in the coming weeks, but we will continue to work with our state and federal representatives until the visa issue is resolved,” says Morrison. Her hope stems in part from a recent US State Department decisio
The State Department previously issued a similar exemption for students hailing from European countries, Reuters noted.
The new regulation stipulates the students will be able to enter the United States 30 days prior to the start of their academic programs.
Colleges and universities in the U.S. have been pushing the Biden administration to ease travel restrictions on international students.
Doing so would deliver a welcoming message to current and prospective international students, which can help restore the U.S. as a destination of choice, as well as supporting an important economic activity as the U.S. economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, argued the American Council on Education (ACE) in a letter to Biden, Reuters reported.
Rise in vaccinations and fall in case rates motivated updated guidance, CDC director says
From CNN s Jacqueline Howard
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky speaks during a virtual White House briefing on April 27. White House
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was motivated to update its guidance for fully vaccinated people after seeing a rise in the number of vaccinated people and a fall in the rates of Covid-19 cases, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a virtual White House briefing on Tuesday. There s increasing data that suggests that most of transmission is happening indoors rather than outdoors – less than 10% of documented transmission in many studies have occurred outdoors, Walensky said.