COVID-19 Testing and Case Rates and Social Contact Among Residential College Students in Connecticut During the 2020-2021 Academic Year.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

During the 2020-2021 academic year, many institutions of higher education reopened to residential students while pursuing strategies to mitigate the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission on campus. Reopening guidance emphasized polymerase chain reaction or antigen testing for residential students and social distancing measures to reduce the frequency of close interpersonal contact, and Connecticut colleges and universities used a variety of approaches to reopen campuses to residential students.

Objective

To characterize institutional reopening strategies and COVID-19 outcomes in 18 residential college and university campuses across Connecticut.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used data on COVID-19 testing and cases and social con

SUBMITTER: Schultes O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8703252 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature