University of Illinois campuses will require COVID-19 vaccine for students this fall [View all]

The University of Illinois System will require students on its three campuses to receive a COVID-19 vaccination if they plan to be on campus for the fall semester.

The announcement came in a letter from system president Timothy Killeen.

The University of Illinois became the first public university in the state to announce such a requirement.

Northwestern University, DePaul University and Loyola University all announced earlier in the spring that students would have to be vaccinated before the start of the fall semester.

Read more: https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/06/21/covid-19-vaccinations-required-university-illinois-students/5297650001/
(Peoria Journal Star)