According to a University of Virginia spokesperson, the college has disenrolled 238 students for not being fully vaccinated.
The school’s COVID-19 guidelines require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 for the upcoming 2021-2022 academic year. Students were repeatedly reminded about the policy between May 20 and July 1.
“Students out of compliance received multiple emails, calls, text messages and — in some cases — calls to their parents,” spokesperson Brian Coy told CNN. “Our numbers show that our students responded to this. This means we can have the kind of in-person semester where people can engage in normal ways.”
Of the 238 students disenrolled for the upcoming semester, only 49 were registered for classes. It’s unclear if the 189 intended to return to school or not. If students wish to re-enroll, they have about a week to update their vaccine status with UVA.
Coy said that about 96.6 percent of the college’s population is vaccinated. Only about 1 percent of the students are unvaccinated, with another 1.3 percent not vaccinated for health or religious reasons.
