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First UPA student to test positive for COVID-19 reported

December 12, 2020 • 1 Comment

The first confirmed case of COVID-19 involving a student at UPA was announced by Executive Director David Porter in an email to the UPA community on Dec. 2. The student last attended Horton Connect, UPA’s in-person learning program, on campus in the Horton Auditorium on Monday, Nov. 30. That morning, the student passed both the daily temperature check and a regular screening test that includes...

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