Remember COVID?

From the Bruin: UCLA Housing removed all isolation rooms for on-campus students who test positive for COVID-19. This academic year, UCLA adjusted its COVID-19 policies to align with current public health guidelines while also balancing housing availability and other campus priorities, a UCLA Housing spokesperson said in an emailed statement. UCLA decreased the number of COVID-19 isolation rooms in September 2023 to several rooms in De Neve Birch, although, in previous years, entire dorm buildings had been used for isolation.

While the decision to entirely remove isolation housing was expected for cost reasons, the removal will leave various students and their families at risk, said Shira Shafir, an associate professor of epidemiology and community health sciences at UCLA. COVID-19 is generally less serious in college-aged individuals, Shafir said, but added that UCLA has some students who are at increased risk of severe disease or who have family members who are at increased risk...

Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2024/12/21/ucla-housing-removes-covid-19-isolation-rooms-for-students-who-test-positive.