Tufts Student Life
UPDATES TO TUFTS UNIVERSITY'S COVID-19 POLICY
May 5, 2023
Dear Parents and Families,
The following message with updates to Tufts' COVID-19 Policy was sent to students today.  
All the best,

Carole McFall
Family Engagement, AS&E
Tufts University | Student Life Office 

carole.mcfall@tufts.edu
617-627-2797

Dear Student, 
On May 11, both the Massachusetts and the U.S. federal COVID-19 public health emergency will end. In alignment with this, Tufts University will lift its COVID-19 vaccination requirement effective May 11 and will strongly recommend that the general population of students, faculty, staff, affiliates, vendors, and visitors remain up to date with COVID-19 vaccines as recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Clinical Population

All faculty, students, and staff who provide patient-facing healthcare will continue to be required to provide documentation of a COVID-19 primary series and a booster (or if previously unvaccinated, one bivalent dose) or obtain a religious or medical accommodation.
For more information, please visit the COVID-19 vaccination webpage.

Symptomatic Evaluation/Testing

The university will continue to provide symptomatic evaluation and testing by appointment only.
Faculty/staff: contact Tufts Occupational Health Services (Tufts OHS) on your campus by calling 617-627-6500, emailing occupationalhealth@tufts.edu, or visiting ohs.tufts.edu.
Students: contact the Health Service to schedule an appointment for symptom evaluation and/or symptomatic testing. See testing protocols for details.

Masking

Masks will continue to be required in all healthcare spaces at Tufts University until further notice. Masking is voluntary in all other settings.
Tufts University will continue to monitor local, national, and global prevalence and incidence of COVID-19; local and national hospitalization rates; and wastewater data. Tufts University reserves its right to change its COVID-19 vaccine policy at any time should conditions merit it.
With best wishes,
Michael R. Jordan, MD, MPH, FIDSA
Executive Medical Director Occupational Health Services
University Infection Control Director
Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health and Community Medicine
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