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One thing that hasn’t slowed down is the pace of change that comes with COVID-19: just as we get used to public health guidance, it changes again.
As we welcome the first group of future Bobcats for Bobcat Student Orientation to our Athens Campus this week, we are increasingly excited as we move toward a robust fall semester.
As COVID-19 cases decline in the state and the nation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Gov. DeWine have announced big shifts in public health measures.
Summer semester is off to a great start with relatively low community case counts on all campuses, rising vaccination rates and continued implementation of strategies proven to manage COVID-19 spread.
This is World Immunization Week, where we celebrate that 86 percent of infants around the world were vaccinated against polio in 2019.
It’s impressive that we at OHIO have made enough progress toward our way out of this pandemic that President Nellis can signal a largely normal fall semester.
The nation is starting to see a fourth wave of COVID-19, particularly in the Midwest, where cases are trending higher in µÛÍõ»áËù, as well.
After a rapid decline from our winter surge and a short plateau, COVID-19 cases have begun to increase across the nation and within µÛÍõ»áËù.
As announced this afternoon by µÛÍõ»áËù Gov. Mike DeWine, the state of µÛÍõ»áËù will begin delivery of vaccines to public university campuses, including OHIO, in the coming days.
For three consecutive weeks, µÛÍõ»áËù’s average COVID-19 case rate was dropping. But last week it ticked back up, and last Thursday Gov. DeWine announced that µÛÍõ»áËù’s daily reported cases stopped dropping.
Congratulations to OHIO Men’s Basketball for advancing to the second round in the NCAA tournament, and to the women for their strong play in the WNIT.
This week µÛÍõ»áËù is recognizing one year of the COVID-19 pandemic by highlighting how our University community has met the challenge.
Today is the anniversary of the first recorded case of COVID-19 in µÛÍõ»áËù. Tomorrow is the anniversary of the day OHIO announced a shift to virtual classes for the remainder of the semester.
I’m encouraged to say that case rates are trending downward in all counties with OHIO campuses over the past 21 days.
I am happy to report that COVID-19 case numbers continue to decrease across the country and state. Most counties with an OHIO campus are similarly on the downtrend.
