Posted: May 04, 2021 7:29 AM CT | Last Updated: May 4
The University of Regina is strongly encouraging staff and students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but will not make it mandatory. (CBC)
University of Regina students can expect a mix of online and in-person classes for the fall semester as the school moves to gradually reopen, according to the university s website.
And while COVID-19 vaccinations won t be mandated for returning staff and students, the school s reopening plan is based on the assumption that all eligible age groups have been vaccinated. In preparation for safely welcoming as many people back to campus as we are able, we strongly encourage all members of the campus community to receive their COVID-19 vaccination as they become eligible to do so, University of Regina spokesperson Mindy Ellis wrote in an emailed statement.
She said two freezers at the University of Regina (U of R) have been emptied out one in its supply management facility and the other in the Research and Innovation Centre. These two freezers can store material at the required –80 C. We ve committed to being available should the space be required, Loos said.
The university says there are not many facilities in the province that have proper freezers, like the one pictured at the U of R, to store the COVID-19 vaccine.(Submitted by Mindy Ellis)
She said the Roy Romanow lab in Regina where the vaccines are currently stored has many storage freezers available, but there is a limit to how many can be stored.