# UCT Vaccine Mandate Policy

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- Published: 2022-01-04T18:35:31+02:00
- Author: dearSA

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### **2,176**** **comments delivered (closed 31 January 2022)

### The University of Cape Town calls for comment on the draft UCT Vaccine Mandate Policy

    - Following Council’s in principle approval of a proposal requiring that all
      staff and students provide acceptable proof of having been vaccinated against
      COVID-19 at the preceding meeting in October, an update on the work done by
      the university’s Vaccine Mandate Panel (VMP) was tabled at the latest Council
      meeting.
    - Following the tabling before Council, the draft policy is now published in
      full and is now open to a consultation process.

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### SUMMARY

The draft policy proposes the introduction of a campus-wide vaccine mandate that
will be applicable to all staff, students, independent contractors, Faculty of Health
Sciences joint staff (working at UCT premises) and other visitors.

All events held on UCT campus or premises, buildings, or residences, regardless 
of the organisers, are also covered by this draft policy.

The draft policy provides for staff and students to apply for an exemption to the
vaccine mandate on narrow medical grounds and on grounds of sincerely and intensely
held beliefs grounded in religion and/or conscience. Applications will be adjudicated
by independent panels, and applicants whose applications are rejected will have 
a right of appeal.

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