VUB opens vaccination centre on campus in Etterbeek

While many vaccination centres are closing, VUB officially opened a vaccination point on its Etterbeek campus today. From 27 September, there will also be a vaccine centre on the Jette campus. Through this initiative, VUB, as an urban engaged university, is playing its part in the battle for a higher vaccination rate in Brussels. Ahead of the official start of the academic year next week, international students and VUB employees who have not yet been vaccinated are urged to get vaccinated. As well as students, everyone is welcome for a free dose of the single-shot J&J vaccine. The vaccination centre was opened today in the presence of Dirk Devroey (dean of VUB's Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy), Marc Noppen (CEO of UZ Brussel) and Jolien Van Lersberghe (VUB medical student and student representative), who also administered the vaccines. The action is part of the effort to boost vaccination rates and to continue teaching under code green coronavirus restrictions, which allow full capacity on campus.