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OU lifted its university-wide masking requirements and social distancing policies Wednesday, following the CDCâs recent guidance saying fully vaccinated people do not have to wear masks indoors.Â
According to a university email, fully vaccinated individuals who are 12 years of age and older will no longer be required to wear a mask on the Norman, OU-Tulsa and OU Health Sciences campus or at any of the three campusesâ events. Unvaccinated individuals will be âstrongly encouragedâ to get vaccinated, and OU Health Services will continue to offer free vaccination opportunities.Â
The new masking mandate does not apply to individuals in patient-facing settings, unvaccinated individuals inside OU facilities, two to 11-year-old guests inside OU facilities and individuals who ride on transit buses, as mandated by the Department of Transportation. OU Health Sciences Center s programs will further coordinate masking requirements with their hospitals and clinic partne
OU faculty and students shared their concerns and readiness to return to campus following an announcement sent by OU President Joseph Harroz discussing the universityâs plans for the fall 2021 semester.Â
On March 2, OU President Joseph Harroz announced the universityâs plans to resume in-person courses at full capacity for the fall 2021 semester. According to the announcement, this decision is being guided by advice from OU Chief COVID Officer Dr. Dale Bratzler and was made possible by OUâs efforts and widespread vaccine distribution.
According to OUâs COVID-19 dashboard, 5,705 vaccination series have been completed by OU Health Services at this time.Â
Oklahoma Health Department asks sites to pause use of Johnson & Johnson vaccines Dana Branham, Oklahoman
The Oklahoma State Department of Health has asked all vaccine sites across the state to immediately pause giving Johnson & Johnson vaccinations after two federal agencies recommended doing so, citing extremely rare cases of blood clotting in people who had received the one-shot vaccine.
In a joint statement early Tuesday morning from leaders of the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agencies recommended a pause “out of an abundance of caution.”
They pointed to six U.S. cases of a severe type of blood clot in people who had received the vaccine less than one in a million of the more than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that had been distributed in the U.S. as of Monday.
Oklahoma Health Department asks sites to pause use of Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines Dana Branham, Oklahoman
The Oklahoma State Department of Health has asked all vaccine sites across the state to immediately pause giving Johnson & Johnson vaccinations after two federal agencies recommended doing so, citing extremely rare cases of blood clotting in people who had received the one-shot COVID-19 vaccine.
In a joint statement Tuesday from leaders of the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agencies recommended a pause “out of an abundance of caution.”
They pointed to six U.S. cases of a severe type of blood clot in people who had received the vaccine less than one in a million of the more than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that had been distributed in the U.S. as of Monday.