Harvard University will return to remote learning for the first 3 weeks of January as infection concerns grow and omicron variant cases are confirmed on the campus, university administrators say.
Pedestrians walk through Harvard Yard on the closed Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass., on April 20, 2020.Harvard University announced Saturday that it will return to remote learning for the first few weeks of 2022 as infection concerns grow in the face of a new coronavirus variant.that it would spend the first three weeks of January returning to online courses as coronavirus infections increase locally and worldwide.
Harvard saw its highest confirmed-case count last week since the beginning of the declared pandemic, according to the daily-student newspaper, The university said it was"strongly considering the possibility of requiring boosters," the Crimson reported.after a spike in Covid-19 cases on campus. Samples tested from the university identified indicators of the omicron variant.
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