Vaccination clinics continuing until mid-December; Moderna vaccine to be offered in addition to Pfizer
The University will continue to host COVID vaccination clinics until the winter holidays begin in late December, administering the Moderna vaccine in addition to the Pfizer vaccine. The clinics will all be held at Jadwin Gym.
The Pfizer clinics will continue on Wednesdays from 12 noon to 3 p.m. on: Nov. 3, Nov. 10, Nov. 17, and Dec. 1, Dec. 8 and Dec. 15.
Moderna clinics will be held on Thursdays from 12 noon to 3 p.m. on: Nov. 4, Nov. 11, Nov. 18, Dec. 2, Dec. 9 and Dec. 16.
Boosters (half dose) and first, second, and third doses (for people severely immuno-compromised as per the CDC) will be available in the November and December Moderna clinics.
Members of the public as well as the University community are welcome to be vaccinated at the clinics. Walk-ins are welcome.
Appointments can be made through the New Jersey Vaccine Scheduling System (NJVSS).
Limited parking is available for guests of the vaccine clinic in the Harrison Street temporary parking area, which can be reached via Prospect Avenue or Faculty Road. Jadwin Gym is a fifteen minute walk from the Harrison Street parking area. There is no visitor parking available for guests closer to Jadwin Gym.
Those with mobility challenges can contact the COVID Connector: 609-258-7000.
Contact covidvaccines@princeton.edu if any challenges in making appointments arise.
COVID Dashboard
The University's COVID-19 dashboard provides daily reports on employees (faculty and staff) whose final vaccination doses have been verified, and weekly updates of positive cases reported by University Health Services from asymptomatic and symptomatic testing as well as isolation and quarantine reports. Daily reports are typically updated by 10 a.m., weekly reports by 5 p.m. on Monday or, after a Monday holiday, on Tuesday.
For an explanation of risk status, visit the Campus Risk Status page.
Update on Face-Covering Policies
September 10, 2021: The current policy requiring all members of the campus community, whether fully vaccinated or not, to wear face coverings indoors will continue until further notice. Although the positivity rate among the campus community has remained in the low to moderate range, the analysis team, composed of physicians, scientists, and administrators, recommended continuing to require masks indoors in University buildings given the high case rate in the surrounding area.
September 10, 2021: The rules for face-coverings in classrooms will continue:
- Fully vaccinated instructors may remove their mask for all or part of the class at their own discretion. Six feet of distance between unmasked faculty and students is best, when circumstances permit.
- Students must wear masks throughout the class. If the instructor finds it necessary for a student to remove their mask for a short period of time, they may do so, as long as only one student has their mask down or off at any one time, to the extent that’s feasible.
- For classes in which 12 or fewer students are enrolled and attending, the instructor may decide whether students should be allowed to remove their masks for all or part of the class.
Read the supplemental face covering guidelines (EHS website) to learn more, and consult faculty-specific FAQs for other return to in-person instruction information.
Are You Back on Campus?
All Princeton University faculty, staff, students and affiliates returning to the campus are required to participate in the COVID-19 Asymptomatic Testing Program. To learn more about the testing process, read through the “Taking the Test” webpage.
Those who are fully vaccinated are required to test once weekly; those who have been exempted from vaccination are required to test twice weekly. For more information about eligibility and frequency, read the eligibility and frequency guidelines, and check the guidelines for when and where to drop off your testing sample.
As of August 2, all employees, matriculating students, researchers and affiliates will be able to access the web application used to register a test kit and start participating in the testing program. Employees should still notify their department manager to make sure they are correctly captured on a departmental resumption plan, even if they are able to take part in the testing process.
For undergraduates with additional questions about arriving to campus, including more details about move-in, please visit the Undergraduate FAQs page.
You can come to begin testing before your first day of work if you are newly returning to campus. You do not need to have a negative test result before resuming on-campus work.
For more information on the testing program, email covidtests@princeton.edu
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