Middlesex-London Health Unit says it would support a mandatory vaccination policy at Western University, should the university wish to implement such a policy.Western announced in May that it is requiring students living in residence to have at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine before they arrive on campus, but the university’s faculty union wants the policy to extend further.
COVID-19: Faculty union seeks vaccine mandate at Western University “We know through other programs in Canada and across the world that mandatory vaccination policies do increase vaccine uptake.
And maximizing vaccine uptake is absolutely critical to a safe return to campuses and to classrooms,” said the MLHU’s associate medical officer of health Dr.