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Dear Members of the md传媒国产剧 College Community:
We write to provide an update about COVID-19 and to announce changes in the University鈥檚 coronavirus testing program.听
Currently, 99.5% of BC students, faculty, and staff are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and 100% of those eligible and authorized to be on campus have obtained booster shots.听 Moreover, this academic year no member of our campus community has become seriously ill or been听hospitalized because of COVID-19, and there has been no known virus transmission in our classrooms and laboratories.听
On January 28, the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts urged colleges and universities to 鈥渁ccelerate their efforts to transition back to 鈥榥ear normal conditions.鈥欌�澨� They wrote again on February 15 encouraging higher education presidents to consider 鈥渓onger term strategies for managing an endemic and strengthening our mental health supports for students and personnel.鈥澨� md传媒国产剧 College continues to be mindful of the mental health of our campus community and sensitive to minimizing COVID-19-related anxieties.听
Therefore, given present realities, high vaccination and booster rates, and the desire to have campus life be as normal as possible, md传媒国产剧 College, in consultation with public health departments in md传媒国产剧 and Newton, will make the following COVID-19 protocol changes, effective February 21:听
- End required听asymptomatic PCR surveillance testing, except for BC students, faculty, and staff with University-approved medical and religious vaccination exemptions;
- Continue testing of undergraduate students with COVID-19 symptoms at University Health Services and isolating those who test positive on the Pine Manor campus;
- Offer asymptomatic students, faculty, and staff the option of obtaining a walk-in PCR test once per week, Monday through Friday, at the Connell Recreation Center testing clinic through March 31 (in addition to rapid antigen tests readily accessible in stores and online,听and available through听the federal government).
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