Coronavirus

Northeastern to Require COVID-19 Testing This Fall

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Northeastern University will require everyone on campus this fall to be tested regularly for COVID-19, whether they have been vaccinated or not.

The school, which is requiring vaccination for students, announced Tuesday that testing would be mandatory.

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"Starting on the week of September 6, faculty, staff, students, and vendor employees — both fully vaccinated and unvaccinated — will be required to test once a week if they are on campus one day a week or more," the university said in a statement. "This testing cadence applies on any Northeastern campus where COVID-19 testing is provided."

Additionally, all students moving onto campus in Boston must be tested the day they arrive or the following morning and are told they should receive a negative test before attending in-person classes.

The announcement comes as a handful of breakthrough cases among vaccinated people were reported in Provincetown.

Back in April, Northeastern became the first Massachusetts college to announce that it would require students to get vaccinated.

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