Source: wfin.com - Thursday, August 13, 2020 crisserbug/iStock By MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A community college in Ohio has had no reported cases of COVID-19 traced to the school since reopening for in-person classes three months ago. As of Wednesday, the school, Stark State College, said it hasn’t had any confirmed cases across its multiple locations. The news is somewhat surprising, as most college campuses have not been free of the virus this summer. A New York Times report, looking at a mix of public and private four-year universities, found that at least 6,600 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were traced to about 270 colleges during the pandemic. One notable outbreak occurred in the University of Washington’s Greek Row. Stark State, which has a main campus in Canton, has implemented a range of protocols to operate with a limited number of students and staff on campus during the pandemic. An overview of their measures and other school factors demonstrate the number of variables that go into safely reopening schools. ‘A measured approach, and then some’ For Stark State, the goal has been to take “a measured approach, and then some,” Marisa Rohn, vice president of advancement, human resources and partnerships at Stark State, told ABC News. “We know we’re not immune,” Rohn said. “Our hope is to mitigate that and take these measured approaches that really limit that risk.” Building off safety and response protocols the school had originally created for H1N1, Stark All Related
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