COVID-19 Vaccinations
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We strongly encourage you to get your booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine before you return to campus in January 2022. You can find vaccine appointments in your area here. Trent Student Health Services will NOT be hosting any on-campus vaccination clinics early in the new year.
Medical Exemptions
The following handout provides information on medical exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine. This includes the few approved exemptions, as well as an explanation of why other reasons are not considered exemptions.
COVID-19 Vaccine Medical Exemptions
Third Doses: Eligibility
Trent Students with certain medical diagnoses or who are immunocompromised are eligible for a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Trent International students who received a vaccine not approved by Health Canada may also be eligible.
Find a full list of eligibilities online.
Medical Diagnoses
Those with certain medical diagnoses or who are immunocompromised are eligible for a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Individuals MUST meet one or more of the criteria below to be eligible:
· Transplant recipient
· Individuals with Blood Cancers AND who are on active treatment
· Taking an anti-CD20 medication (for example Rituximab)
· Individuals undergoing active treatment for solid tumours
· Individuals with moderate to severe primary immunodeficiency disorders
· Stage 3 or advanced untreated HIV infections and those with AIDS
· Individuals undergoing active treatment with the following categories of medications that suppress the immune system: anti-B cell therapies; high-dose corticosteroids, alkylating agents, antimetabolites, or tumour-necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors and other biologic agents that significantly suppress the immune system
A full list of qualifying drugs according to the Ontario government can be found online.
If you are a Trent student and meet these criteria, please contact Trent Student Health Services for documentation to access a third dose. Staff and faculty can contact their family doctor or specialist regarding a third dose.
International Students
International students who have received a vaccine that is not approved by Health Canada are advised to get a third, Health Canada approved shot as soon as possible.
Students who have questions, or need support to obtain an approved COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario, please contact the Trent International team at safearrival@trentu.ca.
Submitting Out of Province Vaccinations
Students who have received one or both COVID-19 vaccine doses outside of Ontario must submit those vaccination receipts to Peterborough Public Health before receiving a third dose in Peterborough. Please follow the link below to submit this information.