{"id":548,"date":"2022-07-12T21:19:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T21:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berea.edu\/covid-19\/?p=548"},"modified":"2022-07-12T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T21:20:00","slug":"covid-19-update-july-12-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/covid-19\/2022\/07\/12\/covid-19-update-july-12-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Update: July 12, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Bereans,<\/p>\n

This is the\u00a0campus\u00a0update for\u00a0Tuesday,\u00a0July 12,\u00a02022.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t sent updates in a month because there has been little to report.\u00a0 Cases among students on campus were very few, and employee quarantines were staying quite low, as well, and things have been operating more or less normally on campus.\u00a0 In the last few days we have encountered some difficulties at the CDL, so it seemed reasonable to put out an update.<\/p>\n

Quarantine update<\/h2>\n

At this point, we do not have any on-campus students in quarantine and have not had any student cases in the prior two weeks, either.\u00a0 Among on-campus employees we have Bereans who work in IS&S, HR and the CDL (one each) quarantining.\u00a0 The CDL case, which originated with a child who tested positive, also resulted in a number of staff close contacts and the closure of three classrooms through tomorrow.\u00a0 To the families and the staff affected, please know we are thinking of you and hoping that all will be back to normal and that no one will have a serious case to deal with.<\/p>\n

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COVID-19 Community Level<\/h2>\n

As of last Friday, our state is quite a patchwork quilt.<\/p>\n

Note that Madison County remains \u201cYellow\u201d in terms of COVID-19 Community Level.\u00a0 Most of the counties to our north are \u201cRed\u201d and our other neighbors are all yellow, with the exception of Jackson County which is \u201cGreen.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0A number of the Eastern counties remain red.<\/p>\n

The CDC level and guidance for these levels can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The main difference between the CDC recommendations for the \u201cGreen\u201d and \u201cYellow\u201d levels is that indoor masking in congregate settings is recommended for \u201cYellow,\u201d while it is discretionary for \u201cGreen.\u201d\u00a0 Our on campus guidance remains to stay with masking in congregate settings.<\/p>\n

Kentucky update<\/h2>\n

The Commonwealth reports on a weekly basis now:<\/p>\n