Students and faculty evacuated Merkert Hall early Monday afternoon due to a hydrogen sulfide leak in a cylinder, according to the Boston Fire Department.
Last week, Boston College reported its lowest undergraduate positivity rate for COVID-19 since classes began, as of its Friday update of the COVID-19 dashboard.
Boston College is restricting its guest policy in University residence halls beginning Friday, according to a Wednesday email from Executive Vice President Michael Lochhead and Doug Comeau, director of University Health Services (UHS).
Boston College reported an additional 15 cases of COVID-19 out of 264 undergraduate tests from last week, a 5.68 percent positivity rate, in its Tuesday update of the COVID-19 dashboard.
Boston College reported 25 undergraduate cases of COVID-19 this past week out of 6,547 undergraduate tests on its COVID-19 dashboard, placing BC’s undergraduate positivity rate at .38 percent for the week.
After trailing for the entire game, Boston College football came back in the final minutes to beat Texas State 24-21.
Dozens of students protested on Thursday demanding racial justice after no officers with the killing of Breonna Taylor.
BC reported 21 additional undergraduate cases of COVID-19 on its dashboard between Tuesday and Thursday, with 1,775 new undergraduate tests.
