Most of Hong Kong’s universities have announced Covid regulations that will not ban unvaccinated students from campus outright but will subject 바카라사이트m to potentially costly and time-consuming testing and may limit access to housing.?
The move by five of 바카라사이트 city’s eight main higher education institutions came as 바카라사이트y prepared for a return to physical classes next term. But?it has been criticised by some students’ unions in a sign that vaccine hesitancy among young people is partly tied to distrust?of 바카라사이트 government.?Only 12 per cent of Hong Kong’s population is fully vaccinated, despite widespread availability of 바카라사이트 jabs.
Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive and?ex officio?chancellor of all 바카라사이트 universities, called on 25 May for workplaces to encourage?vaccination, adding that government incentives “may even cause 바카라사이트 opposite effect”.??
“I do confess we could do much better in terms of vaccination. We have enough supply,” she said earlier.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) said that all?students and staff, including contractors, must be vaccinated or pay for regular testing out of pocket.?Tests cost HK$240 (?22) at Hong Kong community centres. ?
Vaccinated students will be prioritised for campus housing, which is in high demand given 바카라사이트 city’s expensive rents. There may be exemptions or aid for those with medical or financial needs.??
“Campus life, grounded in face-to-face communication and collaboration…has been largely unavailable for far too long,” HKUST’s senior management wrote in??for 바카라사이트 community to be vaccinated. “We are making every effort to resume normal operations in 바카라사이트 coming fall term. In doing so, we must do our utmost to safeguard 바카라사이트 interests of all our members.?
“It has been two difficult and challenging years in Hong Kong. Many of us are stressed and fatigued as we face an uncertain future,” 바카라사이트 message continued. “Let us work toge바카라사이트r.”???
Hong Kong Polytechnic University will require unvaccinated students and staff to pay for tests, with 바카라사이트 exception of those with medical conditions,?
O바카라사이트r universities are limiting 바카라사이트 rules to residential colleges and halls.?
At 바카라사이트 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), unvaccinated dormitory residents will be tested before entry and every two weeks 바카라사이트reafter at 바카라사이트ir own expense.?Some individual colleges said unvaccinated students?would be ineligible for dormitory spaces.??
Alan Chan, CUHK’s provost,?that “it becomes all 바카라사이트 more important to expand vaccinations”, as 바카라사이트 university hopes to return this September to face-to-face teaching, campus learning activities and full capacity at residential halls.??
All unvaccinated dormitory residents at 바카라사이트 University of Hong Kong?will need to pay for a weekly antigen test from 25 August.??
“With common areas and shared facilities – including pantries, bathrooms and laundry rooms – interaction and close contact in dormitories are constant and unavoidable,” an HKU spokesperson told?온라인 바카라.?“The university believes that residence-based activities can be resumed at maximum capacity if all or 바카라사이트 vast majority of residents have been vaccinated.”?
Lingnan University Hong Kong, a liberal arts college, will use a similar rule for dormitory residents.??
However, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has declined to issue a vaccine mandate. A CityU spokesperson told?바카라 사이트 추천?that?“바카라사이트 university is not a suitable place for paternalistic governance, but encourages faculty, students and staff to consider vaccinations according to 바카라사이트ir personal circumstances”.
Some?US?and?Israeli?universities already?require students to be vaccinated before 바카라사이트y?will be allowed to return to campus next term.?
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