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Covid-19: Temple University Goes Remote For Start Of Spring Semester
Temple University is going remote for the first three weeks of the spring 2022 semester amid the winter rise in new COVID-19 cases and the surge of the Omicron variant.
The school will be transitioning to virtual learning from Monday, Jan. 3, through Friday, Jan. 21, with the exception of essential in-person classes and on-campus services, Temple President Dr. Jason Wingard said in a statement Wednesday.
Residence halls will still be open, however, students will need to be tested for COVID-19 within 24 hours of arrival, he wrote.
He also urged all eligible students, faculty, and …
5-Month-Old Tests Positive For Covid-19 In Montgomery County, Hospitals Severely Strained
Montgomery County's hospitals haven't seen numbers like this before.
As of Wednesday, Dec. 9, the county's hospitals had 539 people with COVID-19, according to Dr. Val Arkoosh, chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners.
Additionally, 239 cases were reported since Tuesday, Dec. 8. Among them, a 5-year-old baby and a 95-year-old individual, Arkoosh said.
Despite hospitals being much better equipped to face the pandemic than they were in March or April, the county's healthcare system has never had this many COVID-19 patients before -- even at the onset of the pandemic, the phys…
