Auburn City Schools is reinstating its mask requirement beginning Jan. 18, ACS announced Sunday.
COVID-19 hospitalizations at the East Alabama Health facilities are nearing levels seen during earlier peaks of the pandemic.
The protest, held Thursday from 4 - 5:30 p.m., drew a crowd of roughly 30 students and a few other community members. They held signs saying “We support Auburn staff” and calling for employees to be able to choose whether they would like to get the vaccine.
As of Nov. 2, 11 patients were hospitalized for COVID-19 at East Alabama Medical Center and EAMC-Lanier, down from 93 on Sept. 4.
Protesters gathered Tuesday at Toomer’s Corner in response to the University’s announcement that employees are required to be vaccinated.
With working at EAMC for over 11 years, Dr. Maldonado, infectious disease specialist, gives a personal look at the past several months of the pandemic.
Since peaking in early September, the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 at East Alabama Health has consistently decreased. However, those requiring intensive care are there for nearly four weeks on average, as of Monday.
From Sept. 13-19, 60 cases of COVID-19 among students, faculty and staff were reported to the University. Since fall classes began Aug. 16, the number of reported cases has fallen each week.
Auburn Univeristy announced in a recent newsletter its partnership with the Alabama Department of Public Health and the KICK COVID effort, which will arrive on Sept. 25.
100 students reported a positive COVID-19 test during the second week of September, a decrease from the 188 cases of the previous week.
The University plans to award aid within 10 business days of a student's application.
The Auburn University Senate convened on Tuesday to discuss high enrollment numbers amidst current COVID restrictions as well as how to provide incentives to students to keep them in step with the mandate while on campus.
That number marks a decrease from the first week of the fall semester, during which there were 424 positive cases reported to the University.
On Monday, Aug. 30, 77 patients were hospitalized at East Alabama Medical Center and EAMC-Lanier and 21 of 25 patients in the intensive care unit were on ventilators.
Dr. Fred Kam of the Auburn University Medical Clinic said he expects cases to rise for another three weeks.
Sixteen COVID-19 patients are on ventilators at East Alabama Health hospitals, a number that officials felt wouldn’t be reached after vaccines became available. There are 77 patients hospitalized at EAH for COVID-19, the highest since January 2021.
It appears that Auburn University's answer to the greatest pandemic in our lifetime is, “Party on!” I guess that’s a personal decision also.
Statewide pediatric hospitalizations have increased to 50. Nine of those patients are on ventilators.
Dr. Fred Kam, director of the Auburn University Medical Clinic, said Auburn University will run a mass vaccination program for booster shots following federal approval next month.
The goal to keep transmission on campus low is dependent on personal adherence to the University's COVID guidelines by the campus community, Dr. Fred Kam said.
