Monroe County eclipses 3,000 total COVID-19 cases
Monroe County passed 3,000 total COVID-19 cases in Monday’s update to the state’s dashboard.
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Monroe County passed 3,000 total COVID-19 cases in Monday’s update to the state’s dashboard.
The Monroe County Health Board unanimously passed a review process for greek houses to request an exception for the existing 75% capacity regulation at the Thursday meeting.
Dr. Aaron Carroll, IU’s director of mitigation testing, discussed plans for on-departure and on-arrival testing during his weekly COVID-19 webinar Wednesday.
In a Wednesday COVID-19 webinar, IU spokesperson Chuck Carney said IU will use Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall as its location for required flu shots.
The front windows of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house look over cars on Woodlawn Avenue and 10th Street, students still walking across campus to in-person classes and the expanse of the arboretum.
Three greek organizations — Sigma Phi Epsilon, Omega Phi Beta and Lambda Sigma Upsilon — were given cease and desist orders effective Wednesday.
The Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house is shut down through summer 2021, according to a Monroe County Health Department press release.
One IU student was hospitalized for COVID-19, said Dr. Aaron Carroll, IU’s director of mitigation testing, in the weekly “Ask Aaron” webinar on Wednesday.
The Alpha Epsilon Pi chapter at IU has been given a cease and desist order, according to IU spokesperson Chuck Carney.
UPDATE 1:14 p.m., Sept 29
Following a Sept. 10 message from chapter leadership to de-densify the house because of Monroe County COVID-19 regulations, 50 members of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority will voluntarily move out according to messages sent to members and parents obtained by the Indiana Daily Student.
The Monroe County Health Board said in a Tuesday meeting it will begin to take action against IU greek housesnot in compliance with maximum capacity regulations.
Monroe County reported 151 new COVID-19 cases in the last day in a Tuesday afternoon update. This is the second highest single-day total behind 237 cases on Sept. 10.
IU athletic director Scott Dolson doesn’t know how much money the program will lose without sports.
The Monroe County Health Department did not state plans in a Thursday phone interview to enforce IU’s recommendation to close greek houses as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
Acacia, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Zeta Beta Tau said they will not close their IU chapters after the university recommended they do so because of high spread and positivity rates of COVID-19 within the houses.
IU spokesperson Chuck Carney announced in a Thursday press conference IU will recommend all 40 greek houses be closed as a result of high COVID-19 positivity rates.
Over 20 greek houses are now in quarantine, Leslie Fasone, the assistant dean for sorority and fraternity life, said Tuesday during a webinar.Only 19 greek houses are currently listed on IU’s website as of Tuesday night.
Before its first major renovation project since 1992, the Indiana Memorial Union dining area featured food court fare and outdated decor. Roughly 14,000 students use the school’s largest social hub every day during a normal semester, and the IMU’s directors said the space was no longer adequate.
This story will be updated weekly to reflect IU dashboard updates. The latest update was Dec. 16.