California reverses COVID vaccine requirement for students as it ends Newsom emergency declaration
Published February 4, 2023 9:37am EST California officials confirmed Friday that children will not be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine to a...
Published February 4, 2023 9:37am EST California officials confirmed Friday that children will not be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine to attend schools. Nearly all restrictions put in place by Gov. Gavin Newsom have been lifted and the state's coronavirus emergency declaration officially ends on Feb. 28.However, the policy – first put in place in 2021 – had come from the Department of Public Health was not impacted by the emergency declaration lifting. "CDPH is not currently exploring emergency rulemaking to add COVID-19 to the list of required school vaccinations, but we continue to strongly recommend COVID-19 immunization for students and staff to keep everyone safer in the classroom," the department said in a statement, according to The Associated Press.