{"id":388119,"date":"2021-12-31T22:52:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T19:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hochul-reqs-boosters-for-ny-state-university-students\/"},"modified":"2021-12-31T22:52:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T19:52:40","slug":"hochul-reqs-boosters-for-ny-state-university-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hochul-reqs-boosters-for-ny-state-university-students\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hochul reqs boosters for NY state university students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Hochul reqs boosters for NY state university students<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>CUNY and SUNY students will be required to get their COVID-19 boosters by next semester \u2014 while the state\u2019s \u201cVax or Mask\u201d mandate for businesses is now extended till Feb. 1, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul \u2014 announcing the moves amid a tidal wave of Omicron cases sweeping the nation \u2014 also said she has asked the Biden administration to allow New York to require visitors to local nursing homes to have proof of vaccination in order to see loved ones. <\/p>\n<p>She pointed out that thousands of frail nursing-home residents died during the initial outbreak of the virus last year. <\/p>\n<p>The booster edict for CUNY and SUNY students requires them to get the third shot before they return to their campuses for the spring semester, which starts within weeks. The students previously were required to get COVID-vaccinates and are regularly tested for the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to return to your college campus, you have to be boosted. This will be part of the reopening,\u201d Hochul said.<\/p>\n<p>The governor pointed out how contagious COVID can be among young people congregating in a campus setting, particularly with the highly transmissible Omicron strain of the virus.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/vaccine-cards.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Coronavirus vaccine vial in doctor hand on medical forms background. \" class=\"wp-image-20675254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/vaccine-cards.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/vaccine-cards.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/vaccine-cards.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>In order to return to campus, CUNY and SUNY students will be required to be boosted, Hochul said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock \/ Viacheslav Lopati<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/kathy-hochul-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the SUNY, CUNY vaccine mandate.\" class=\"wp-image-20675399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/kathy-hochul-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/kathy-hochul-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/kathy-hochul-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the SUNY, CUNY vaccine mandate.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Pacific Press\/LightRocket via Ge<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, she said the state\u2019s \u201cVax or Mask\u201d mandate, expected to expire Jan. 15, will be extended to Feb. 1.<\/p>\n<p>The rule requires masks to be worn in all indoor public places unless businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement.<\/p>\n<p>Incoming New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he will extend an order implemented by outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio requiring private-sector employees to get vaccinated \u2014 a mandate that has provoked a backlash among small merchants struggling to survive.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul also announced the latest sobering state COVID figures, noting that 7,919 residents were hospitalized with the virus, including about half \u2014 3,925 \u2014 in New York City medical facilities as of Thursday, keeping with recent highs. Eighty people died.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/suny-campus-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A person is seen wearing a protective face mask outside The State University of New York.\" class=\"wp-image-20675282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/suny-campus-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/suny-campus-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/suny-campus-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Hochul pointed out how contagious COVID can be among young people congregating in a campus setting.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She emphasized what The Post reported on Thursday \u2014 that the overwhelming majority of patients hospitalized for COVID are unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answer is right before us. Get vaccinated,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said her five-point plan amid Omicron focuses on: keeping kids in school; mask-wearing and ramping up testing; preventing severe illness and death, increasing vaccination and booster rates, and working with local officials to implement the plan.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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