The MLHU declared six of Westernâs seven remaining main-campus residence outbreaks over this week as the buildings close for the summer, leaving only Perth Hall in active outbreak.Â
As of Saturday at noon, âall students have moved outâ of residence, according to Western University s associate vice-president of housing and ancillary services, Chris Alleyne. Although, âa very small number of studentsâ remain in quarantine off-site â the last of these students is expected to move out May 8.
Western had nine outbreaks in student residences between late March and early May with the health unit recording 204 cases linked to the buildings. The outbreaks came at the cusp of Ontarioâs third wave and all contained at least one variant of concern.Â
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Amid an eighth COVID-19 outbreak in less than a month at student dormitories, fewer than 20 per cent of residence students at Western University remain on campus, the school says.
About 618 of the 3,100 students who were in residence at the first of the month remain there, said Chris Alleyne, associate vice-president, housing and ancillary services.
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Western asked students on April 1 to move out of residences by April 11, because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases, many caused by more transmissible variants.
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Amid an eighth COVID-19 outbreak in less than a month at student dormitories, fewer than 20 per cent of residence students at Western University remain on campus, the school says.
About 618 of the 3,100 students who were in residence at the first of the month remain there, said Chris Alleyne, associate vice-president, housing and ancillary services.
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Western asked students on April 1 to move out of residences by April 11, because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases, many caused by more transmissible variants.
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More than half of the 3,200 students living in Western University’s residences have cleared out early amid a rash of COVID-19 outbreaks.
Western asked students April 1 to move out residences by Sunday, April 11, because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases, many caused by more transmissible variants.
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To date, 60 per cent of the students in Western’s nine residences have moved out, as classes and exams moved online, Chris Alleyne, Western vice-president of housing and ancillary services, said Monday in a brief statement.
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