Georgetown, Johns Hopkins to temporarily restore some covid measures
, now the dominant strain of the virus in the United States, is partly driving a surge on campus. Recent studies show the newer strain does not cause more serious illness than its earlier counterpart, but it is more transmissible, Ranit Mishori, the school’s vice president and chief public health officer, said in a message to the campus.The university’s positivity rate last month jumped from 1.5 to 3.
. The most recent testing data show 117 people were sick between March 27 and April 2, bumping the university’s positivity rate to 3.82 percent. Ninety-eight percent of Georgetown students have reported being vaccinated, according to university data. “These circumstances present a challenge, but we have learned to adjust our mitigation measures to respond to changing conditions throughout the pandemic,” Mishori said. “Another adjustment is needed now to curb transmission on campus.”
In addition to the mask requirement, all Georgetown undergraduates will need to take a PCR test after a five-day Easter break that starts April 14. There will be an exception made for students who have tested positive for the virus within the previous 90 days, Mishori said.
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