Dear Students, Families, Faculty and Staff:
Since late last week, we have confirmed 46 new COVID-19 cases among Syracuse University students. Unlike in the past, when emerging clusters have been primarily off campus, the current situation appears to be largely concentrated to on-campus residence halls. Given the close contact nature of residence hall living, this emerging cluster has the potential—very quickly—to impact a significant number of students.
The University is taking aggressive action to prevent this situation from expanding beyond our ability to control. However, as indicated many times in the past, the best and most effective way to break the chain of virus transmission is through behavior. As such, I am asking all our students—and particularly those living in Shaw, DellPlain and Booth halls—to immediately exercise enhanced vigilance.
We will continue to update the campus community as we receive additional information related to this evolving situation. As always, if you have questions, concerns or information that could inform the Public Health Team’s response, do not hesitate to contact the COVID Program Management Office at 315.443.6180 or sucovid@syr.edu.
Sincerely,
J. Michael Haynie
Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation
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