Photo by Ali Meizels '23. Residential students who test positive for COVID-19 now have three options for isolation housing.
By Bryn Healy ʼ24
Staff Writer
Mount Holyoke College updated students on new COVID-19 policies last week via a Division of Student Life newsletter. Residential students with COVID-19 will have three options going forward: isolating-in-place in their single dorm room, isolating-in-place in their shared room or relocating to isolation housing or to off-campus isolation via private transportation service. The College currently recommends isolating immediately after getting a positive COVID-19 test.
Isolation housing and College support for isolating students was one of the demands of the MHC COVID Safety Now sit-in, according to the list of demands posted to their Instagram. MHC COVID Safety Now took credit for the College’s return to isolation housing in a statement regarding the end of the sit-in in Mary Lyon on Nov. 18.
Going forward, students who test positive for COVID-19 students will get meals from DoorDash for the first five days of their isolation, according to the newsletter. After five days, students will return to getting to-go food from the dining hall. Until the 11th day of isolation has passed, students are not permitted to eat in the Dining Commons.
All of this information and more can be found on the “Student COVID Testing & Protocols” section of the Division of Student Life website via Embark.