Though Vice President for Operations Luke Figora acknowledged the rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Chicago-area in a Wednesday email, he did not discuss any changes to the lack of masking or testing protocols on campus. The email mentioned the change in Evanston’s transmission level to “high” last week, which reflects a combination of increased.
The federal government launched an order form Tuesday for each household to obtain four free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests. The Biden administration purchased 500 million at-home COVID-19 test kits. You can order four tests for free through the covidtests.gov website. Supplies are limited to one order of four tests per household. Shipments will arrive within.
Students started a petition Monday urging Northwestern grant Compass Group workers access to asymptomatic testing sites, take-home rapid test boxes and N95 and KN95 masks. As of Tuesday night, more than 70 students signed the petition, which cites concerns like the high number of positive COVID-19 cases on campus during Wildcat Wellness and the prevalence.
While about 10% of Northwestern undergraduate students have tested positive for COVID-19 since December, the University still feels prepared to resume in-person classes and activities Jan. 18, Vice President for Operations Luke Figora said at the Return to Campus Discussion Series webinar Tuesday. According to Feinberg Prof. Richard D’Aquila, the omicron variant is the second-most.
Vice President for Operations Luke Figora presented COVID-19 statistics for Northwestern at Tuesday’s Faculty Assembly meeting, using aggregated data from the start of Fall Quarter. About 98% of students, faculty and staff on campus are vaccinated against COVID-19, Figora said. This leaves around 620 community members with valid exemptions to the requirement, which could relate.