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There were about 50 new cases at Harvard last week as well, said UHS Director David S. Rosenthal ’59. Almost 70 percent of those new cases are undergraduates, he said.
UHS is closely watching for any changes in the number of new cases. Twice every weekday, Rosenthal meets with UHS’s chief of medicine, a College representative, and others by conference call to go over the numbers.
“Obviously, the question is: is there going to be a peak as the weather gets colder?” Rosenthal said. “We’ll just have to wait and see, but we’re monitoring it very closely.”
Stillman Infirmary can accommodate up to 15 people, sick students with single bedrooms are sent back to their rooms, and undergraduates with family within two to three hours of campus are sent home to recover, Rosenthal said.
It may seem like H1N1 “swine” flu is taking over Harvard, as hand sanitizers pop up outside every elevator and more and more students are missing from section on account of their fever. As of last Friday, 200 Harvard students have gone to Harvard University...