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Mon Nov 15, 2021, 04:58 AM Nov 2021

UNM Disenrolling 256 Students For Shirking Vaccine Mandate

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The University of New Mexico is disenrolling 256 students from classes for not complying with university’s requirement for vaccination against COVID-19.

University spokeswoman Cinnamon Blair said the students being disenrolled took no action to comply with the requirement by Friday’s deadline, the Albuquerque Journal reported.

“Students facing disenrollment have been receiving daily messages for over a month and, prior to that, biweekly messages,” Blair said.

Under the requirement, students must show proof of vaccination or acquire an exemption for medical or religious reasons or only take remote-study classes off campus.

Read more: https://abq.news/2021/11/unm-disenrolling-256-students-for-shirking-vaccine-mandate/

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