Dear UNT Students,
Many of you likely already heard the news about Gov. Greg Abbott’s Executive Order May 18 prohibiting government entities from mandating masks. As a result, UNT is no longer requiring masks indoors for anyone, effective immediately. Outdoor mask requirements on campus were lifted Friday, May 14. Our university also will be moving away from the 6-foot social distancing guidelines over the summer, though everyone is encouraged to maintain a space that makes them feel comfortable.
I also wanted to share a Q&A our leadership prepared to provide additional information as I also know many of you had questions after my Friday message. I encourage you to read through it and continue to let us know your questions.
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More than six million people in Spain now have the full protection offered by the Covid-19 vaccines being used by the countryâs health authorities. After a slow start to the campaign in the first quarter of the year, the speed of the process is getting faster every week, and yesterday saw Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez venture to put a date on the end of the health crisis: August 18. âWe are just 100 days from achieving group immunity,â he announced. âThatâs to say, managing to vaccinate 70% of the Spanish population, thus immunizing them.â Group or herd immunity refers to a situation where sufficient levels of the population are protected against the virus so as to impede its circulation.
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Covid incidence falls in Spain but concerns grow over a possible fifth wave
Experts disapponted by enthusiastic celebrations of the end of the state of emergency
The Ministry of Health coronavirus update which was made public on Monday afternoon indicated a further improvement in the situation throughout Spain, with incidence rates and hospital and ICU patient numbers all continuing to show a steady decrease, but the tone of the press conference given by Fernando Simón, the Director of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES), was far from optimistic.
On the face of it, the data gathered over the weekend in Spain are encouraging. After 13,984 new cases were confirmed the 14-day accumulated Covid incidence rate now stands at a little under 189 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, having fallen from a fourth-wave peak of over 230 a couple of weeks ago, and only 4 of the country’s 17 regions remain above the “extreme risk” threshold (the Basque Country, Ma