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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Dear Highlanders, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We write today to stress the importance of the previously communicated requirement that
<b>all eligible students must obtain a COVID-19 vaccination booster by January 31, 2022.
</b>Information on who is eligible for a booster can be found </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.
<b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Per the UC Office of the President
</span></strong><a href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/SARS-CoV-2_Covid-19"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">policy</span></a><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">,
all students must be vaccinated for COVID-19 for the 2021-2022 academic year, which includes staying current with boosters</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Upload your proof of completion to the
</span><a href="https://chconline.ucr.edu/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">patient portal</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"> by January 31, 2022. A video tutorial is available
</span><a href="https://studenthealth.ucr.edu/covid-19"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">online</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">. If you have any questions or need further advisement, please submit questions
through the patient portal. Choose Messages, create New Message and choose the COVID-19 Mandate Staff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">COVID-19 vaccines are available at Student Health Services, adjacent to Lot 15. To schedule your COVID-19 vaccine appointment, please call Student Health Services at 951-827-3031.
Please note that your vaccine will be free regardless of insurance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The vaccination policy includes a narrow range of exceptions for individual medical reasons or religious beliefs. If you have already submitted your exception, you do not need to submit this information again.</span><a name="_Hlk77259491"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk77259491"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">However, anyone
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">who has been approved for vaccine exemption must continue to comply with mandated testing and health and safety protocols.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In addition to protecting your own health, your compliance with UC vaccination policy supports the needs of our entire community. Thank you for doing your part.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Stay healthy,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">BRIAN HAYNES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Vice Chancellor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Student Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">DENISE WOODS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Associate Vice Chancellor
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Health, Wellbeing and Safety<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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