Students at Yale University will be banned from patronizing local businesses and restaurants over COVID-19 concerns, despite the Ivy League school mandating booster shots for students.
Yale Daily News reported the university’s new policy in a tweet. It is part of the school’s campus-wide quarantine, in effect until Feb. 7, and requires students to stay in their residences “until they receive results of an arrival test.”
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The university announced the quarantine last month and will hold remote classes for two weeks until the quarantine is lifted.
Yale instituted a campus-wide quarantine until Feb. 7 or (which may be extended depending on public health conditions). Students may not visit New Haven businesses or eat at local restaurants (even outdoors) except for curbside pickup.
— Yale Daily News (@yaledailynews) January 4, 2022
“A recent, worldwide surge in COVID-19 cases, driven by the highly infectious Omicron strain, has prompted us to raise alert levels on campus and adjust our plans to best protect our community,” university President Peter Salovey said in the announcement.
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The university did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
