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Dear Bereans,<\/p>\n

This is the update for Thursday, May 27, 2021.<\/p>\n

Quarantine, testing and vaccination update<\/h2>\n

No on-campus employees or students are in any sort of quarantine at present.\u00a0 We are at almost 60% employees who have documented fully vaccinated status.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Kentucky and Madison County update<\/h2>\n

The Madison County Health Department reported 6, 6, and 11 new cases for Monday, Tuesday, and yesterday. \u00a0The number of current active cases is at 59.\u00a0 Our 7-day average of new cases per day has decreased to 5, keeping us now well into the Yellow Zone<\/strong> at 4.5 new cases per day per 100,000 residents.\u00a0 The total number of deaths in the county attributable to COVID-19 as reported by the State remains at 111.<\/p>\n

Gov. Beshear reported 580, 440, and 421 new COVID-19 cases and 4, 16, and 2 (!) new deaths for Tuesday, Wednesday, and today, respectively, in Kentucky.\u00a0 The 7-day average of the number of new cases\/day has decreased to 410 and the average of numbers of deaths\/day is down by one to 7.\u00a0 The latest test positivity rate has continued to move downward to 2.51%.<\/p>\n

Gradual improvement is continuing in the Commonwealth and in Madison County.<\/p>\n

Vaccination Exemptions Policy for Students<\/h2>\n

The Administrative Committee has completed its work on the policy governing medical and religious exemptions to the vaccine requirement for all students.\u00a0 The policy and forms for requesting exemptions may be found on the policies website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vaccination policy at other colleges and universities<\/h2>\n

As of this morning, the Chronicle of Higher Education lists 422 schools that will require vaccination in the fall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stay safe, stay negative, stay in touch,
\nLyle Roelofs, President
\nBerea College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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