University modifies certain COVID-19 policies
ByAuburn University has modified some aspects of its COVID-19 practices and policies, including easing certain mask-wearing restrictions.
Auburn University has modified some aspects of its COVID-19 practices and policies, including easing certain mask-wearing restrictions.
This is the lowest increase in weekly reported cases since classes began in August.
This is the smallest weekly increase in cases since the University began the fall semester a month ago. Despite the low numbers, Dr. Fred Kam urged students and employees to continue following the University's guidelines.
In the first week of September Auburn reported adding 598 new COVID-19 cases. This is the largest weekly increase since the school reopened on Aug. 17.
Auburn is conducting a pilot test for the Sentinel Testing program that will serve as a precursor for the full launch of the program on Sep. 8.
Auburn has now added over 700 new COVID-19 cases since the start of the fall semester two weeks ago.
When it comes to living on campus, many things have been different this year. Resident assistants are being tasked with keeping students both safe and healthy.
Through sentinel testing, GuideSafe will cooperate with higher education institutions weekly to select a random population of students, faculty and staff to test for COVID-19 at on-campus testing sites.
On Thursday, August 27. Auburn City Council held a meeting via zoom to discuss further procedures they are planning on taking to limit any further spread of COVID-19. The City Council passed a resolution that prohibits the sale of alcohol to non seated guests.
According to the University, out of 21,315 students tested through the GuideSafe program, 859 tested positive.
Alabama’s Safer at Home Order, which includes a mask-wearing requirement in public spaces, has been extended for another five weeks, Gov. Kay Ivey announced in a press conference today.
Faculty attending Tuesday afternoon's Auburn University Senate had numerous questions for the administration regarding COVID-19, including what would make Auburn go remote again and if more data could be shared.
Auburn University students gathered in local bars and clubs following their return to campus. The University and Lee County both saw an increase in coronavirus cases in mid-to-late August.
More than 200 students and employees tested positive in the first week of classes. This does not include the number of people who tested positive as a part of the University's reentry testing.
Auburn started its fall semester a week ago. Before the first bell, 32 students had tested positive, and many more remained untested. Cases in Lee County have spiked, and a floor of a sorority hall has been placed under quarantine.
Two active members of the Epsilon Eta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma have tested positive for COVID-19 and are quarantining in The Hill, according to chapter president Montgomery-Lee Todd.
Auburn University will now require students, faculty and staff to wear face coverings whenever they are on campus, regardless of whether or not they are inside or outside.
Auburn students must complete a screener each day of fall instruction to receive an A Healthier U pass, either permitting or denying them campus visitation and in-person class attendance.
In an email on Wednesday, the University announced that while nearly all students will have to be tested for COVID-19 before classes start, they do not have to receive the test before returning to Auburn.
