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- Louisiana State University is lifting indoor mask requirements at its Baton Rouge Campus and ending restrictions for on-campus events.
- “We are moving forward with confidence, but with caution. While we are encouraged by the low number of cases we have seen this fall, and the overall success of our COVID policies and protocols, the pandemic is still a fluid situation,” Tate said.
- Approximately 84 percent of LSU students and 78.6 percent of employees have been fully vaccinated.
Louisiana State University (LSU) is lifting indoor mask requirements at its Baton Rouge Campus and ending restrictions for on-campus events, the school announced on Tuesday.
University President William Tate wrote in a message to students, faculty and staff that the decision was made upon the recommendation of medical doctors, epidemiologists, engineers and biomedical researchers from across the state.
“We are moving forward with confidence, but with caution. While we are encouraged by the low number of cases we have seen this fall, and the overall success of our COVID policies and protocols, the pandemic is still a fluid situation. We will continue to carefully monitor trends,” LSU President William Tate said in a message to students, faculty and staff.
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The university will keep existing quarantine protocols in place and continues to urge vaccination and boosters for those who qualify.
Currently, there are 12 active COVID-19 cases at the university — eight students and four members of the school’s faculty and staff. There have been 887 total reported cases since March, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard.
Approximately 84 percent of LSU students and 78.6 percent of employees have been fully vaccinated.
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