President of Providence K College Ledge Rev. “We’re out of options,” Kenneth Sikard said Thursday. “If we don’t succeed, we will have no choice but to close our campus for the rest of the fall semester.”
Card College went into remote learning for at least a week, Sicard said Thursday. Indoor and outdoor gatherings and travel to bars, restaurants and neighborhood businesses are not allowed. All students living in Cacard will be tested for Covid-19 and people living off-campus are not allowed to leave their apartments, Sicard said.
The president said the violation would result in “immediate interim suspension.”
As of Friday evening, the number of those who tested positive for Providence K College Ledge had risen to nearly 120 in three days, according to the Rhode Island Department of Health.
The school’s website says that just under 1,000 students are enrolled.
And in New York, Govt. Rew Andrew Cuomo directed the State Liquor Authority to keep an eye on bars and restaurants where college students gather to make sure they are following safety protocols.
So far they have found “serious violations” in several counties, the governor’s office said in a statement.
“With significant breakdowns with colleges and universities across the country, efforts to address these steps will help protect our students, faculty, staff and surrounding communities,” the statement said.
The new Covid-19 cases are surviving
The president of Providence K College Ledge said, -f-campus students, who Tested positive, should return home if they can, while others will be moved to a campus facility or hotel room.
But the leading infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fawcett has warned colleges against sending infected students home that they could carry the virus with them.
“You send them back to their community, you will in essence research with individuals who are capable of spreading the infection to many communities across the country,” he said earlier this month. “So it’s better to have the ability to put them in a place where they can comfortably recover.”
University of Tennessee Health System Emergency Physician Dr. “This is part of the way people have changed to prevent the spread of Covid-1,” said Daria Long.
“What we do as individuals and what we are taking to reduce covid is a really good indication of how our behavior could really affect the flu this year,” he said, citing masked and social distance.
But, people should not be cheerful, and they should still get the flu vaccine. According to Long, about four times as many people in Australia received the flu vaccine this year as compared to last year.
“If we do that, we can make an impact in the flu season,” he said. But we “should not disappoint our guards.”
Covid-19k teases in college ledge games
Florida State University head football coach Mike Norwell announced Saturday that he has tested positive for the Covid-19. Deputy head coach Chris Thomson will take over Norwell’s duties when he recovers.
“This is unfortunate, but fortunately the coach feels good,” said David Coburn, FSU’s director of athletics. “We are moving forward with our covid protocol, as we do with any other case. The coaches have been segregated, and the university’s tracing staff manages the liaison operations as they normally would. We are staffing and student-athletes. We will continue to test. “
Several dozen student-athletes at Michigan State University have tested positive, the school announced Friday. Of the 376 athletes tested between September 7 and 14, 45 tested positive. One in 24 staff members tested positive, the school said.
AAP’s updated guidance for children and adolescents playing sports clarifies that they should not show symptoms of Covid-19 for 14 days and should not seek approval from a primary care physician before returning to practice and competition.
“Parents, children and coaches need to prioritize safety protocols,” said one of the authors of the guide, Dr. Suzanne Briskin said.
The virus hits hard at some communities
U.S. Communities of color have already been hit harder by the epidemic in
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said Thursday that American Indians and Native Americans and African Americans outnumber whites by 3.5. times hospitalized at times the rate.
“Hispanics have three times higher hospital admissions rates than whites,” he added.
Adams said the epidemic has exploited and exacerbated existing health issues across the country and has also highlighted the structural conditions that have contributed to this disparity.
“Social distance and telecommunications are critical to preventing the spread of coronavirus, yet only one in five African Americans and six Hispanic Americans have jobs that allow them to work from home,” Adams said.
He said people of color are more likely to live in “dark-packed urban areas” and multi-generation homes, and use public transport.
He added, “Combined, these and other factors increase the risk of spreading highly contagious diseases such as Covid-19.”
CNN’s Jason Hanna, Karma Hassan, Lure Ren Mascarenhas and Amanda Watts contributed to this report.
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