Colorado College Residence Hall Under Quarantine After Student Tests Positive For COVID-19

From CBS Denver:

By Audra Streetman

August 17, 2020

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – A residence hall at Colorado College is under quarantine after a student tested positive for COVID-19. In an email to families on Sunday, officials said the student is in isolation after testing positive for the virus the day after they arrived on campus.

Officials said the student did not follow enhanced social distancing protocols while awaiting their test results.

Multiple students at Loomis Hall were exposed to the student, according to officials, prompting the 14 day quarantine. The college is restricting traffic to and from the residence hall and 155 students are asked to stay in their rooms, except to use the restroom where masks are required.

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