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Auburn: Auburn University is fully resuming on-campus operations that were disrupted by the coronavirus last year. All optional remote instruction ended Sunday, and most employees who have been working on a virtual basis will return to campus Monday, the Opelika-Auburn News reports. The decision to reopen was based on multiple factors, said Dr. Fred Kam, director of the university medical clinic. “You’re looking at all the data, all of the information and … you’re forecasting on where you think things will be,” Kam said. The university has seen a downward trend in COVID-19 since 113 cases were reported during the week ending Jan. 17. The university said 75 new virus cases were self-reported during the week ending Jan. 31, three fewer than the previous week. The school also reported a 0.9% positivity rate among tho
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Alabama
Auburn: Auburn University is fully resuming on-campus operations that were disrupted by the coronavirus last year. All optional remote instruction ended Sunday, and most employees who have been working on a virtual basis will return to campus Monday, the Opelika-Auburn News reports. The decision to reopen was based on multiple factors, said Dr. Fred Kam, director of the university medical clinic. “You’re looking at all the data, all of the information and … you’re forecasting on where you think things will be,” Kam said. The university has seen a downward trend in COVID-19 since 113 cases were reported during the week ending Jan. 17. The university said 75 new virus cases were self-reported during the week ending Jan. 31, three fewer than the previous week. The school also reported a 0.9% positivity rate among those tested through its voluntary sentinel testing, according to data released Tuesday. Multiple safeguards are in
2 cases of COVID-19 variant reported in Nashville as total numbers decline
Metro health leaders confirmed the UK COVID-19 variant has made it to Nashville. Davidson County now has two cases in addition to the two already confirmed last week Author: Chuck Morris, WSMV Staff Published: 9:56 PM EST February 5, 2021 Updated: 10:36 PM EST February 5, 2021
Metro health leaders confirmed the UK COVID-19 variant has made it to Nashville.
Davidson County now has two cases in addition to the two already confirmed last week in other areas of the state.
Health experts said you should be even more aware and careful.
“These new variants have been found in 37 states, including Tennessee, and have shown to be 30% to 70% more contagious,” said Dr. Gill Wright, interim chief medical officer, Metro Nashville Public Health.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Kathleen Lourence can t wait to greet her first graders again in person. They have earned a pizza party and weâre going to celebrate being back with each other, said Lourence, a teacher at Rosebank Elementary in East Nashville.
But teachers will have to wait to get their COVID-19 vaccine in Davidson County. This is not okay that weâre having to do this. We should have been better prepared as a state, as a city, she said.