University of Alabama student events ... New restrictions coming to Alabama campus
University of Alabama student events ... New restrictions coming to Alabama campus.
Changes are coming to the University of Alabama COVID-19 plan three days into the new semester.
The school on Friday announced a moratorium on in-person student events along with restrictions on Greek houses just before 5 p.m. All events will be paused for 14 days, according to a document obtained by AL.com.
And with fraternity and sorority houses, only residents can enter the buildings other than members picking up grab-and-go meals. Access to common rooms in the houses is now restricted.
A hastily called meeting with student leaders outlined some concerning trends with the return of students on campus. Led by UA’s vice president for Student Life Myron Pope, the meeting with a few dozen students from various organizations focused on the spread of COVID-19 among students.
AL.com received a copy of the audio from the meeting in which Pope said “we have seen a significant increase in the number of students who tested positive” in the past week.
There’s also the issue of quarantine space on campus. The university has 450 dorm beds set aside to isolate those who tested positive, but they are going fast.
“We are not at capacity right now but if we increase at the rate we did this week, give us a week and a half we’ll be at full capacity,” Pope told the student leaders.
Alabama officials announced a positivity rate of less than 1 percent among students who were tested during the reentry process. Those numbers have risen significantly.
“Just in the last few days as we’ve tested at Coleman Coliseum and the Student Health Center, we’ve seen the numbers jump up from 1 percent to 4 percent to 5 percent,” Pope said in the meeting with student leaders. “And in one particular case, I think it was Coleman Coliseum (Thursday), actually it might be the Student Health Center, we saw 29 percent of the students who tested were positive.”
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