Extra measures put in place at Mount Allison University on March 21 are now lifted.
Acting Vice President for Student Affairs Anne Comfort emailed students and staff on Tuesday morning to say that non-essential, in-person activities can resume, and that facilities like the Ralph Pickard Bell Library, the athletic and fitness centres, and the Pond may reopen.
Those facilities were closed on Monday of last week after a case of COVID-19 connected to Mount Allison’s off-campus community was reported by the university. Public health confirmed the case as the B-117 or UK variant. At the same time, it confirmed a case of the B-117 variant related to Moncton High School, and also that there was only one variant case confirmed in Zone 1, leaving the possibility that this single case was connected to both the Mount Allison and Moncton High School.
Comfort’s letter today says the university received word from New Brunswick public health that, “all of the test results for individuals who were linked to the one positive case of COVID-19 in our community have been negative.”
Moncton High School also reopened on Monday this week, after being closeed last week for operational response days and at-home learning. Principal Mike Belong issued a letter to his school community on Sunday letting them know that public health had given the all clear for the school to reopen.
