COVID-19 outbreaks at University of Michigan last year mostly stayed on campus, study says

When a week feels like a year, the dramatic change around University of Michigan Campus following the Coronavirus outbreak

Students walk through the University of Michigan Campus on Thursday, March 12, 2020, the day University of Michigan announced they were canceling their spring 2020 commencement ceremony. On this day, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in wake of the coronavirus pandemic and Gov. Whitmer bans gatherings of more than 250 people, and ask public bodies to postpone their meetings or conduct them remotely. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com

ANN ARBOR, MI - COVID-19 outbreaks last fall on the University of Michigan campus mostly stayed on the campus, according to a new, pre-printed UM study.

After comparing genetic data and coronavirus testing results between more than 1,600 people, researchers showed “little spread between” the university and the surrounding city of Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County.

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