Vaccinations

 

 

We are monitoring the availability of boosters and guidance on their administration in order to provide them as appropriate in a timely way.

Student Vaccination Reporting

All students must upload proof of COVID-19 vaccination to the Student Health Service portal.

Undergraduate students who do not submit their COVID-19 vaccine information will not be able to check into their College House. Access will be reinstated 48 hours after information is submitted.

If traveling to campus and not fully vaccinated, visit the Getting Vaccinated page to find where to get a vaccine. Students can also email Wellness at Penn (chiefwellnessofficer@upenn.edu) for help with scheduling vaccine appontments as soon as possible. Visit the Public Health Guidance page for the latest information.

Faculty, Staff, and Postdoc Vaccination Reporting

Upload your vaccination information in Workday; access self-service instructions on the Workday@Penn website.

Consistent with the recently revised Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) guidance, the University will require all faculty, staff, and postdocs to be fully vaccinated, except for those with medical or religious exemptions, by October 15, 2021. Unless you are granted an exemption, failure to report full vaccination will result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

Student Vaccination Exemptions

Undergraduate, graduate and professional students may request an exemption from the University of Pennsylvania COVID-19 vaccination mandate.

Information can be found on the Student Health Service website.

Faculty, Staff, and Postdoc Vaccination Exemptions

Faculty, staff, and postdoctoral trainees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by October 15, 2021, unless they have an approved medical or religious exemption. COVID-19 vaccination should be uploaded into Workday. To request an exemption from the University of Pennsylvania COVID-19 vaccination mandate, please download, read, complete, and submit the following forms, as appropriate, as soon as possible and by September 21, 2021:

What does it mean to be fully vaccinated?

An individual is not considered fully vaccinated until:

  • 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series (example: Pfizer or Moderna vaccines) or
  • 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine (example: Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine)

Penn will accept those vaccines that have been “pre-qualified” or authorized for “Emergency Use Listing” (EUL) by the World Health Organization (WHO) evaluation process. As of July 13, that list includes:

  • Pfizer-BioNTech (fully approved by the U.S. FDA)
  • Moderna
  • Johnson & Johnson/Janssen
  • AstraZeneca 
  • Covishield
  • Sinopharm
  • Sinovac

Get Your Vaccine

Vaccines are now required for students, faculty, staff, and postdocs for the 2021 fall semester. Visit the Getting Vaccinated page for more information about the Penn Cares vaccine clinic.

Find out where you can get a vaccine near you by visiting vaccines.gov. 

If you would like more information about the vaccine or to schedule a vaccine appointment, you can call the Penn Medicine COVID-19 Vaccine Scheduling Hotline between 8 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday, at 267-758-4902.

COVID-19 Vaccine Resources

Educate. Participate. Vaccinate.

Visit the Penn Cares Videos webpage to hear from Penn Community members about why they chose to get vaccinated.

Also, learn about the COVID-19 vaccine, some common reasons for hesitancy surrounding it, side effects, efficacy, and more. 

 

 

 

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