BusinessLive reports that plans to introduce mandatory Covid-19 vaccination among staff and students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are one step closer after a resounding vote in favour by the university’s senate.

On Wednesday, the senate voted on a proposed policy to make vaccines mandatory from next year. Prof Linda-Gail Bekker, the scientist who brought the motion before the senate, said getting people vaccinated was key to getting students back on campus. University spokesperson Elijah Moholola indicated that the final decision lay with the university’s council, which would meet in October. He advised that senate members voted via an electronic ballot on “this complex matter”, with 83% supporting mandatory vaccination. The next step will include engagement across the campus with “all the relevant stakeholders whose voices are key in this process”. UCT emphasised that no decision or position had been taken yet by the university on mandatory vaccination on campus. Any final decision will have to be a decision of the university council.

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