UNC-Chapel Hill reports new COVID-19 cluster among students who stayed in dorm over winter break

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By Brian Brant

(CHAPEL HILL, N.C.) UNC-Chapel Hill reported a new cluster of COVID-19 on Wednesday of students who stayed on a campus residence hall over winter break. 

The cases were found through surveillance testing of students who have been living at Carmichael Residence Hall during the break, according to The News & Observer. 

"The individuals in this cluster have been identified and are isolating and receiving medical monitoring at a different residence hall set aside for quarantine and isolation," the Observer reports. "Their close contacts have also been tested and moved into quarantine."

UNC-Chapel Hill is working with the Orange County Health Department to determine other people who might have been exposed as well.

The university notified students who are moving into the residence hall, in case many want to adjust their move-in plans. The UNC school system had been requiring students to get a negative COVID-19 test before returning to campus. 

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