Overwhelmingly Vaccinated Cornell University Shuts Down Campus as COVID-19 Cases Spike

Overwhelmingly Vaccinated Cornell University Shuts Down Campus as COVID-19 Cases Spike
Cornell University campus at Ithaca, New York. guillegalmes/Pixabay.com
Bill Pan
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Just a few days before the end of the semester, Cornell University is shutting down its campus and moving final exams online because of a recent surge in COVID-19 cases among its overwhelmingly vaccinated student population.

In a message released Tuesday, Cornell President Martha E. Pollack told the campus community that the university’s surveillance testing “has continued to identify the rapid spread of COVID-19” among students.