Dr. Rhine says that “with the COVID-19 vaccine distribution on the horizon, I hope that we will be able to move to our yellow and green phases later this spring”
Y
avapai Community College has announced its intention to move from the current red phase of response to the Covid-19 pandemic to the lesser orange phase on January 19. In the bulletin issued by the College December 16, president Dr. Lisa Rhine said that she hoped that the College would be above to move “to the orange phase when classes begin on January 19 to allow students in essential workforce and healthcare programs to continue to have access to the valuable hands-on learning they need.”
The explanation given by Dr. Rhine for the decision to move from red to orange appears below:
Why are we moving to the orange phase on January 19?
We are planning to move to the orange phase when classes begin on January 19 to allow students in essential workforce and healthcare programs to continue to have access to the valuable hands-on learning they need.
The College has worked incredibly hard since March to implement safe and smart measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The protocols that we have enacted have worked. While we have had students and employees test positive for COVID-19, the number of infected people at YC campuses and centers has been minimal, and transmission, according to our contact tracing, has always come from outside the organization to the best of our knowledge.
The Executive Leadership Team and I believe that if we continue to commit to following the protocols, we will continue to see very low transmission on our campuses.
With the COVID-19 vaccine distribution on the horizon, I hope that we will be able to move to our yellow and green phases later this spring.
