When staff at the Newton Senior Center learned that individuals over 75 would be eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, they knew making appointments online and accessing transportation could be challenging for some.
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BC Reports Highest Number of Undergrad Cases, Students in Isolation
Boston College has reported its highest number of undergraduate cases of COVID-19 in a single week with 75 positive cases out of 9,628 tests, a positivity rate of .78 percent, according to the University’s COVID-19 dashboard as of Sunday.
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BC Records Largest Number of Undergrads in Isolation
Today’s update surpasses the previous high of 88 undergraduate students in isolation, a record set last Friday.
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BC Threatens Tighter Restrictions After Covid-19 Uptick
Executive Vice President and Interim Vice President for Student Affairs Michael Lochhead sent an email to students on Tuesday attributing the recent rise in COVID-19 cases at Boston College to “students letting their guard down.” If the trend continues, BC may implement further restrictions, including possibly sending students home early for the semester, the email said.
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Newton Healthcare Workers Reflect on Vaccine and Pandemic
“I was very anxious, excited with anticipation, and I think most of the people I worked with had the same feeling,” Nanci Ginty Butler said. “When it happened it was very emotional, like just a wave of hopeful relief.”
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Predicting the Unpredictable: How Will BC’s Spring Semester Amid COVID-19 Unfold?
With the turning of a new year, one already defined by both hopes provided by a vaccine and renewed fears due to new virus strains around the world, many question what a spring semester on BC’s campus will hold.
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Men’s Basketball Game Postponed After Positive Test Within FSU Program
A positive COVID-19 test within the Florida State program meant the postponement of Tuesday’s game with Boston College men’s basketball.
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BC Resumes Testing as Spring Semester Begins
As community members trickle back onto campus for the spring semester, Boston College has resumed its COVID-19 testing, reporting 53 new undergraduate cases of COVID-19 out of 9,983 undergraduate tests performed since Jan. 19, according to its COVID-19 dashboard, a positivity rate of .53 percent. There are currently 56 undergraduate students in isolation as of…
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BC Career Center Moves Endeavor, Other Programs Online
The days of trying to impress potential employers with a firm handshake or an elevator pitch over a cup of coffee are long gone, at least for the time being.
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BC Records Largest Number of Non-Undergrad Cases of COVID-19
Boston College reported three new undergraduate and seven new non-undergraduate cases of COVID-19 out of 2,245 tests in the Friday update of its COVID-19 dashboard, a community positivity rate of .45 percent.
