Rutgers Students Back In Class Next Week, Must Prove Booster Shot

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Next Tuesday, Feb. 1 all Rutgers students and teachers will return to class. On Jan. 31, Rutgers ends its one month of virtual learning that it imposed at the beginning of January, imposed because of skyrocketing cases of the omicron variant.

And all 71,000 Rutgers students and 25,600 employees statewide must prove they got a booster shot to return back to campus.

Rutgers said it did not have any data on how many students and teachers already complied with the booster shot. Rutgers was also the first university in the county to require its students get a coronavirus vaccine.

"The university requires all employees to be vaccinated and obtain and upload proof of a vaccine booster by January 31, 2022, or when otherwise eligible, or to have an approved medical or religious exemption," said a university spokeswoman.

Other New Jersey universities such as Princeton and Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken also require their students get a booster. At Princeton, students must receive booster shots by Jan. 31, while Stevens Institute of Technology requires students and staff get booster shots no later than March 31.

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