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-32 posts tagged "quarantine"
Elizabeth Prater | Tuesday, April 20, 2021
While isolation due to disease may seem like a new, pervasive issue that has erupted after the onset of COVID-19, the notion is not completely foreign to the colony of Kalaupapa. Located in Moloka‘i, Hawaii, this was the location for people exiled from the 1860s through the 1960s because of their contraction of Hansen’s disease,
Claire Reid | Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Spending time with grandparents. Enjoying a home-cooked meal. An Easter egg hunt with her little cousins. For Notre Dame sophomore Ariana Arce, Easter every year is a time dedicated to family and coming together and rejoicing in another’s presence. This year, the Northern Indiana native looked forward to seeing her aunt, grandparents and parents —
Isabella Volmert | Friday, March 12, 2021
Just over a year ago, March 6, 2020, I was riding passenger side with a friend as we drove home for spring break to Washington, Missouri. We talked a little about the concerns of the coronavirus, but the conversation probably didn’t last much longer than the first 20 minutes of the seven-hour drive. Five days
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, November 17, 2020
This report was updated at 2:58 p.m. Students who are in quarantine or isolation after testing positive or being exposed to COVID-19 will have to follow special move-out procedures, according to an email from the Notre Dame Care and Concern Team to students currently in quarantine or isolation. The email was sent to these students
Observer Staff Report | Monday, October 12, 2020
University President Fr. John Jenkins has completed his medically recommended isolation period after contracting the coronavirus, Paul Browne, the office of public affairs and communications vice president, said in a press release Monday evening. Jenkins began his isolation period two weeks ago on Sept. 28. He initially entered quarantine of his own volition after receiving
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, October 6, 2020
I have Chronic Ear Disease, which basically just means I get a lot of ear infections. The repeated ear infections have damaged the delicate structure of my ears, resulting in me wearing purple hearing aids. Typically, the ear infections are annoying, but not super intrusive on my life. I might have to miss one class
Observer Staff Report | Monday, October 5, 2020
Dunne Hall residents received news Monday night that all of the hall’s staff have entered either isolation or quarantine outside of the hall based on University contact tracing, according to an email from Breyan Tornifolio, director of Residential Life rector recruitment, hiring and retention and supervisor of Dunne Hall rector Fr. Eric Schimmel. “Unless otherwise communicated
Observer Staff Report | Friday, October 2, 2020
This report was updated Oct. 3 at 11:19 a.m. University President Fr. John Jenkins tested positive for the coronavirus, Paul J. Browne, vice president for public affairs and communications, said in an email Friday. Jenkins has been self-quarantining since his trip to the White House on Saturday for the Supreme Court nomination of Notre Dame
Maria Leontaras | Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Editor’s Note: This was featured in Katie Couric’s newsletter, Wake-Up Call. Subscribe here. Missed meals. Lack of check-ins. Unclear departure dates. This is what early quarantine and isolation looked like for some students at Notre Dame. The University held nine overarching quarantine and isolation spaces with 1,000 beds, but as of Wednesday, there are
Nate Moller | Wednesday, September 9, 2020
In a Sports Authority I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I predicted that college football would not happen in 2020. At the time it seemed reasonable, considering the Big Ten and Pac-12 had recently cancelled their season. COVID-19 was spreading rampantly around Notre Dame and other college campuses, and even professional sports were struggling