The COVID Vaccine booster is required starting 01/18/2022. Enforcement starts 02/01/2022.
President Drake has confirmed that the University of California will move forward with a COVID-19 vaccine booster mandate that requires booster shots for those eligible to receive booster shots. To be considered fully vaccinated and, therefore, in compliance with the mandate, you need to receive a booster shot if eligible. There are multiple opportunities to get your booster shot on campus.
On February 14, 2022, we will begin noticing processes for progressive discipline in connection with failure to comply with the booster requirement.
If you are eligible to receive a booster shot and have not yet received it and/or uploaded your information into e-tang, your campus access badge will turn red on Feb. 1. For most employees, this acts as a final reminder to get your booster prior to the discipline process beginning on Feb. 14. From Feb. 1 - 14 you will still be permitted to access campus as long as you are compliant with current non-pharmaceutical interventions (wear a mask and submit to weekly on-campus Covid surveillance testing) and other access requirements. Your testing badge will reflect a weekly testing requirement for those that are booster eligible but not yet boosted or who have not yet uploaded their booster record to eTang. Please note that if you are eligible for a booster but have not received it (and upload proof into eTang), you will be required to submit to weekly screening and must wear a face mask (in accordance with new face covering guidelines) while you are going through the progressive discipline process.
All employees who access UC property also need to have obtained a flu vaccine or affirmatively decline to be vaccinated. For more information about the Influenza vaccine, also known as the “Flu Shot,” please visit UHS’s flu vaccines webpage. You can comply with the Influenza Vaccine Policy by either (1) getting a flu shot and attesting to the vaccination or (2) affirmatively declining to be vaccinated. You can visit this University webpage to attest as to whether you got your flu shot, on or after Aug 1, 2021, for the current flu season, or not.
Read more about the employee policy in the email from People and Culture.
Questions about your badge status? Send email to regional-portal-support@berkeley.edu