Today I woke up in isolation housing with a bloody nose. The same happened the day before. And the day before. The sore throat that plagued me when I first entered isolation housing last Thursday had faded by Saturday. But three days ago, it came back — this time not because of COVID-19, but because.
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.
Campus activity level has moved to “yellow” after a decline in Northwestern’s positivity rate and 25% fewer reported positive tests than last week. Out of about 14,000 tests taken this week — 2,000 fewer than last week, which included self-reported at-home testing results — 686 came back positive compared to last week’s 909. The positivity.
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.