Health, university officials investigating after 11 COVID-19 cases linked to UNH frat party

Eleven cases of COVID-19 have been linked to a party at a University of New Hampshire fraternity, state health officials said.>> Download the free WMUR appOfficials said more than 100 people with little mask-wearing and no social distancing were at the Aug. 29 off-campus party held by Theta Chi fraternity. This is the first cluster of COVID-19 reported at a college or university in New Hampshire.”We determined that at least one person with confirmed COVID-19 infection attended this party,” said Dr. Beth Daly, chief of the state Bureau of Infectious Disease Control. “That is how we learned about the party that did occur.”That person was asymptomatic, officials said. Test results through the university’s ongoing student testing program arrived Aug. 31, and contact tracing led back to where that person had been two days earlier. University officials called the gathering reckless and reprehensible. All members of Theta Chi fraternity are under … Read More