5 Private Georgia Colleges To Require Vaccines For Students

A Nurse Practitioner, displays a COVID-19 vaccine card. Five Atlanta-area private colleges will require students to have received COVID-19 vaccinations before class begins next fall.

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Five Atlanta-area private colleges will require students to have received COVID-19 vaccinations before class begins next fall.

Emory University, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, the Morehouse School of Medicine and Spelman College made the announcement Monday.

The five join dozens of colleges and universities that have made the decision nationwide, although they are among the first in the South to make the move.