Academics
We continue to plan for a safe return to largely in-person instruction and activities this autumn. As a public research university, we’re fortunate to have experts in medicine and public health who’ve been studying the pandemic from its beginning. We understand much more about the virus now than when it emerged, and Washington state’s vaccination levels are trending in a very positive direction.
Since the UW is on a quarter system, we have even more time to prepare classrooms and campus facilities for the start of autumn quarter on Sept. 29. Our experts know how to ready the UW’s living, learning and working spaces so you can come to campus for largely in-person classes and activities. These preparations and all of our decisions will follow public health guidelines to protect your health and safety.
The Abshire family contracted the coronavirus earlier this month. Sarah Abshire, right, says it was the B.1.1.7. variant, a strain first detected in the United Kingdom. Credit: Photo courtesy of Sarah Abshire
âIt hits you like a truck.â One Seattle familyâs experience with UK variant of the coronavirus By
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Sarah Abshire, 35, of Seattle was recovering at home on Saturday, Feb. 6, resting and loading up on Zinc and vitamins. Abshire, her husband, and their daughter contracted the coronavirus a week before, and she hoped her body could continue fending off Covid-19 without hospitalization.
âWe re doing okay,â Abshire said by phone that day, her breathing labored.
UK COVID-19 variant detected in University of Washington student
The more contagious strain of the coronavirus, first identified in the United Kingdom, is expected to become dominant in the U.S. by the spring. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 7:52 PM PST February 9, 2021
SEATTLE The more contagious variant of coronavirus, first detected in the United Kingdom, has been identified in a University of Washington (UW) student.
Genetic sequencing of samples from the Husky Coronavirus Testing program detected the B.1.1.7, or UK variant, of COVID-19 in a Seattle campus student s test from late January, according to a letter sent to the UW community Tuesday.