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Last updated October 22
Miyares’ opinion differs from that of the previous attorney general Mark Herring.
The weekly average of COVID-19 cases per day for both students and faculty continued a week-long decline through the weekend.
There are currently 541 active cases of COVID-19 within the University community.
Students have also expressed frustration with the lack of University-provided personal protective equipment, including masks and hand sanitizers.
The weekly average of COVID-19 cases per day over the weekend decreased for both students and faculty, with a weekly average of 17 cases in comparison to 49 cases per day last Sunday to Thursday.
The weekly average of COVID-19 cases per day increased this week for both students and faculty, with a weekly average of 46 cases between Sunday and Thursday.
Recent results from clinical trials indicate that REGEN-COV was shown to reduce risk of COVID-19 infection significantly after eight months of study.
Jan. 6 and Jan. 11 saw 125 and 76 new cases, respectively, and marked the highest single-day caseloads since an outbreak of cases occurring between Feb. 15 and Feb. 18 of last year.
The majority of classes will start in-person, though faculty and staff with extenuating circumstances may apply for a temporary exemption to teach virtually.
There are currently 149 active cases in the University community, 118 of which come from faculty and staff.
Students and faculty taking part in J-term courses — which begin Jan. 3 — are also encouraged to get a booster shot prior to the start of classes.
A novel project attempts to analyze demographic disparities within these trials themselves, and devise fruitful solutions for increasingly equitable health care.
As Thanksgiving break approaches, University administration is urging students to consider getting tested before traveling.
The U.Va Health workforce is made up of nearly 14,500 individuals and officials have already hired new or temporary staff to fill the positions of the nearly one percent of employees gone.
The seven-day average positivity rate this week was 1.37 percent, with a 2.27 percent positivity rate among faculty and staff and a 0.98 percent positivity rate among students.
U.Va. Health now provides booster doses against COVID-19 for those who received the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine and primary series Pfizer vaccinations for children ages 5 to 11.
The universal aspect of this vaccine stems from the fusion peptide, a sequence that cannot mutate and is found in all coronavirus variants.
Of the 17 cases, eight are students while nine are members of the faculty and staff.
There are currently 47 active cases of COVID-19 within the University community, which brings the total case count for the fall semester to 712.
The decision comes just one day after the University announced that all employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8.
