COVID-19 tracker: Testing, new cases and positivity rate at UNC
By Kalley Huang | Aug. 23, 2021The Daily Tar Heel is tracking COVID-19 cases and tests among students using data reported by UNC.
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The Daily Tar Heel is tracking COVID-19 cases and tests among students using data reported by UNC.
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The lack of a vaccine mandate has stirred frustration from students and faculty. The Editorial Board hopes to answer some frequently asked questions.
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"We can learn from UNC’s past mistakes and how certain policy decisions might make virtual learning inevitable this semester."
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UNC has identified a COVID-19 cluster in Avery Residence Hall, according to a notification from the University Saturday. There are currently five active cases in the cluster.
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"Be cognizant of mayhem around, but take solace in the fact that we are in this together. We will stay calm in the eye of the storm because we have one another."
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As UNC begins the fall semester, thousands of people are returning to campus without a vaccine mandate, consistent gathering limits or physical distancing procedures. This “return to normal” leaves some students and faculty concerned about the spread of COVID-19 on campus. Mimi Chapman, chairperson of the faculty, worries that there is not enough time for all members of the campus community to get vaccinated before UNC returns to normal operations. UNC senior Brooks Fitts fears for his own safety as an individual with diabetes, a risk factor for severe illness from COVID-19.
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"The start of the 2021-22 school year will see some aspects of education return to normalcy. Despite this, the effects of the pandemic on education — both positive and negative — will linger for years to come."
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"Let’s remember to grant everyone some grace as we ditch our pajama pants for jeans and Zoom University for a true UNC experience."
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"If the UNC System really wants a successful fall semester, then provide this campus with delegated authority to make our own public health decisions. The clock is ticking, and we are waiting."
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UNC identified a COVID-19 cluster with six active cases Wednesday related to an event at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
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Orange County reinstated a countywide indoor mask mandate, which will go into effect Wednesday at 5 p.m., according to an email from the county.
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MacKenzie Maddox is a co-founder of the HeelGram club. She has an extended family member who regularly received letters from his community over quarantine. Seeing how much he enjoyed them, she was inspired to bring that dynamic to UNC. “Writing and receiving the letters has been therapeutic for our volunteer letter writers, especially since it provides a break from schoolwork,” she said. “It's just as rewarding for me as those with whom we communicate.”
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Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger announced that Orange County will follow Gov. Roy Cooper's decision to lift the statewide mask mandate and other COVID-19 restrictions. “We have, in the past, been more stringent, but because we have a higher vaccination rate than most of the other counties anyway, we felt that we needed to go ahead and comply,” Hemminger said.
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Following Thursday's announcement from the CDC, masks are no longer required in most settings in N.C., and mass gathering and social distancing limits are no longer in place, Gov. Roy Cooper announced in a news conference Friday.
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The University's Community Standards have been updated for the summer to reflect new state and local COVID-19 guidelines, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz announced Thursday. These changes will take effect starting May 17.
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In an effort to provide vaccination to as many people as possible, family and household members of UNC students, post-docs and employees can now get vaccinated at the Carolina Vaccination Clinic.
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Some UNC professors plan to travel abroad this coming summer and fall to work on research projects delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Students in UNC's School of Nursing quickly adopted the responsibilities of practitioners when the pandemic first set in. Some nursing students share what it's been like to balance the demands of nursing amid a pandemic, online class and other responsibilities this past year.
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Local gyms, like O2 Fitness in Carrboro and Orangetheory Fitness, have seen an increase in the number of people coming in to work out as more vaccines have been distributed.
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Starting Friday, masks will no longer be required outdoors, and mass gathering limits in N.C. will increase to 100 indoors and 200 outdoors.
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