If you have this vaccine, you can not go back to campus, many colleges warn
These two COVID vaccines will not grant you access to university campuses.
Although the summer is just beginning, students are already thinking about it in the future to return to Campus this fall. With hundreds of collegesObligate students to be vaccinated If they want to put on campus, students must arrange for vaccinations now before going back to school in August, even they have not yet had their shots. Although this is not a problem for many students based in the United States, those who are international find the difficult requirement. According toThe New York TimesMany colleges require students to obtain a World Health Organization (WHO). An authorized vaccine, whichExcludes two types of shots which are important abroad.
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Vaccinesapproved by whom Include Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Astrazeneca, Cobishield, Moderna, Sinopham and Sinovac. All vaccines outside these seven will not be considered applicable by many colleges, thus putting students from two countries in particular in a difficult position. India has administered the Anti-Covaxin vaccine and Russia has given the Sputnik V vaccine, which has not been approved by WHO, creating problems for students who have already received them.
The New York Times reports that a student from Columbia residing in India who received the Covaxin vaccine has been informed that she had to be revacked once she was in the United States, the security of the reception of Covaxin with Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson - the three United States. The vaccines are unknown because there was no research made on the combination of these shots.
"As Covid-19 vaccines are not interchangeable, the safety and efficiency of receiving two different Covid-19 vaccines have not been studied", "Kristen Nordlund, a spokesman for the disease control and prevention centers (CDC), saidThe New York Timesin an email. She added that the CDC began that those who received a vaccine that was not approved by WHO should wait a minimum of 28 days before taking the first dose of a person authorized by the organization.
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This question is particularly difficult for students in India, where VVID figures have been exceeded and vaccine shortages are so important that only three percent of the population are fully vaccinated,The temperature reports. India sends the second largest number of international students to the United States, behind only China, with about 200,000 students. The only WHO approved vaccine available in India is Covishield, but the difference between doses has been extended to 84 days, according to India today, which could beToo late for the arrival date of the United States of students. In addition, CovisciLed vaccine is being supplied in India. Help students attend US universities, six regions of India haveset up clinics allowing those who go to the United States to get a priority.
Meanwhile, some colleges allow students who have received vaccinations not approved by WHO to return to campus. For example,The New York Times Reports that the state of California, the largest public academic system of the country with nearly half a million students will accept any vaccination authorized by a regulatory agency. "They will be able to satisfy the requirement as long as the vaccine they receive is approved by something similar to an entity like the FDA, ChancellorJoseph I. CastroRecountThe New York Times. Axios reported the University of Boston and Johns Hopkins University will also host students who havereceived any approved vaccine around the world.
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