December 1, 2023

College students paying to stay on campus on the College of Michigan might must discover a resort room to isolate ought to they check optimistic for COVID-19, in accordance with steerage on the college’s web site.

College students who check optimistic for the virus shall be required to depart their dorms throughout their isolation interval, which might final for 5 days, college Chief Well being Officer Robert D. Ernst stated in a message to the college neighborhood Friday.

Within the message, “Campus COVID-19 sources and associated steerage,” Ernst included varied preparations and prevention strategies in opposition to transmission of the virus. 

The steerage additionally inspired college students to “make an isolation plan” forward of time to assist “present peace of thoughts.”

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The College of Michigan is asking college students to depart their dorms and make preparations to isolate at motels or different areas ought to they check optimistic for COVID-19 and be required to isolate. (Danny Moloshok/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)

“This might embody relocating to your everlasting residence, staying with a close-by relative or good friend, or discovering a resort house,” the steerage states. “College students in Michigan Housing should depart their residence halls throughout isolation, even when they’re in a single room.”

It was unclear whether or not the college would cowl the fee if college students wanted to search out resort lodging for isolation durations. 

Fox Information Digital reached out to the College of Michigan however didn’t instantly hear again.

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Based on the college’s web site, dwelling bills value $14,460, primarily based on the limitless primary residential meal plan. (Raymond Boyd/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)

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The college’s web site lists dwelling bills as costing $14,460, which it says it primarily based on the limitless primary residential meal plan.

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The entire value of tuition, charges and dwelling bills for in-state college students is round $35,450 for the 2023-2024 faculty yr, in accordance with the college. Out-of-state college students pay about $76,294.