99.999% of Midd Kids have tested negative

MIDDLEBURY — The results are in for the initial rounds of COVID-19 testing Middlebury College conducted on incoming students. Each of the college’s nearly 2,300 residential students has now been tested at least twice for the disease. Only two have tested positive so far, and both have since recovered, according to the college’s online COVID-19 Reporting Dashboard. Middlebury College now has zero active COVID-19 cases. Middlebury’s first positive COVID-19 test result came out of arrival-day testing conducted … (read more)

College confident about COVID testing plan

MIDDLEBURY — As Middlebury College welcomes more than 2,000 students back to campus this month, criticism of its fall reopening plans has also mounted. Students, faculty and local community members have all expressed concerns about the risk they believe t … (read more)

State schedules pop-up COVID-19 testing sites; Middlebury’s first one is full

The Vermont Department of Human Resources this week set up a series of collection sites around the state where members of the public could get tested for COVID-19. Unfortunately, reservations are full at the only Addison County testing site — Wednesday, M … (read more)

Additional COVID-19 testing site to open on Saturday, more to follow

BURLINGTON — A pop-up site in Colchester will be open on Saturday, May 9, to offer COVID-19 virus testing for workers on the frontlines of Vermont’s pandemic response, the Vermont Department of Health announced on Friday. The specimen collection site is o … (read more)