Student wearing mask at computer | Photo by Diana Jaber | The Wright State Guardian
WSU suspended its COVID-19 masking policy for classrooms and lab settings, citing declining case numbers in the area and on campus.
Masking
Students, staff and faculty will no longer be required to wear a mask in classrooms or labs according to a campus-wide communication.
“The risk level is currently considered low, or green, in both counties. Therefore, following CDC guidelines, masks will no longer be required in classrooms and lab settings,” according to the email.
Masks will still be required on-campus transportation, Rowdy Ride and in all campus health care settings including the testing and vaccination center and Wright State Physicians, according to the communication.
Those wishing to still wear masks may do so.
Testing
The university is also suspending its random COVID surveillance testing program. This was a program implemented last fall to track COVID cases on campus.
According to the communication, free asymptomatic tests and rapid COVID test kits will still be available in the testing and vaccination center, with the kits being distributed via the student union vending machine.
Case numbers
As of March 28, 2022, there were 18 active cases of COVID among WSU students, zero cases among employees and no data for asymptomatic cases, according to the COVID dashboard.
According to the CDC, Greene County has about 23.94 cases to 100,000 population number as of April 1, 2022.
WSU’s new masking policy is an update to previous policy changes.
