Students at Quinnipiac University who have yet to be vaccinated for COVID-19 are set to face penalties, including $100 weekly fines and losing access to the school’s Wi-Fi, if they don’t get the shot.
To avoid these penalties, the approximately 600 unvaccinated students will need to submit proof of vaccination before Sept. 14. If this deadline is not met, they will be prohibited from using the school‘s Wi-Fi and fined up to $2,275 throughout the semester.
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John Morgan, the university’s associate vice president of public relations, revealed the updated policy to the school’s newspaper, the Quinnipiac Chronicle, adding that unvaccinated students had been informed of the policy.
Unvaccinated students will be required to get a COVID-19 test weekly and face an additional $100 fine each time they don’t. If students receive at least one shot by Aug. 25, the fines will be waived.
The Connecticut school begins classes on Aug. 30 and has implemented other mandates to keep COVID-19 cases down. On Aug. 2, the school announced that masks must be worn in all indoor settings, and it is also encouraging students to test themselves for COVID-19 five days ahead of returning to campus.
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Due to the growing delta variant, Connecticut, along with other states, has seen a growing number of COVID-19 cases. As of Tuesday, the state reported it has had 364,891 positive cases. Approximately 72% of Connecticut residents have received the first dose of the vaccine, and over 64% are fully vaccinated, according to the Mayo Clinic.
