COVID-19
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The high COVID-19 positivity rate of students on UF’s website is misleading
By Ariana Aspuru | July 23, 2020UF Health plans to update the website this week
Paycheck Protection Program to protect local businesses
By Aurora Martínez | July 21, 2020Aug. 8 is the new deadline to apply for PPP
Florida recording more coronavirus deaths than any state
By The Associated Press | July 21, 2020Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has a scheduled news conference Tuesday afternoon to discuss the outbreak.
Your questions, answered: a Q&A with UF administrators on Fall reopening
By Lianna Hubbard and Diane Hernandez | July 19, 2020The Alligator spoke with university administrators to answer reader-submitted questions regarding UF's reopening
Facing Race: Wallace Mazon pt. II
By Carley Noll | July 17, 2020Read the second part of Wallace Mazon's story in this week's Facing Race comic
Grace Marketplace working to protect homeless people during COVID-19
By Kalia Richardson | July 15, 2020Grace has placed more than 100 people in housing since the start of the pandemic
No Alachua County COVID-19 cases linked to protests, health officials say
By Serra Sowers | July 12, 2020“There is most definitely still a reason to be scared,” said one expert.
What police accountability means to the candidates of Alachua County Sheriff race
By Sarah Mandile | July 12, 2020Incumbent Sheriff Sadie Darnell and Clovis Watson Jr. discussed the response to COVID-19, police accountability, the school-to-prison pipeline and decarceration
Students at higher risk for COVID-19 weigh in on UF reopening plans
By Kaelyn Cassidy | July 11, 2020For students with medical issues, face-to-face instruction is riskier
Unemployment rate rises in Alachua County
By Aurora Martínez | July 7, 2020More than 15,000 people have applied for Reemployment Assistance benefits since March 15
Four more cases reported at the Alachua County Jail
By Grethel Aguila | July 7, 2020Contact tracers tested 20 other inmates who were in contact with the ones who tested positive for the virus
Eight inmates at the Alachua County Jail test positive for COVID-19
By Grethel Aguila | July 6, 2020Of the 642 inmates at the jail, all 74 tested are now quarantined
How will the Fourth of July look different this year? Community weighs in
By Anna Wilder | July 4, 2020As Black Lives Matter protestors continue to call for change, many people feel as if Independence Day shouldn’t be celebrated at all until everyone is considered equal
Inside a changing industry: Performing arts
By Serra Sowers and Katie Delk | July 3, 2020From theater to dance, the performing arts are finding ways to survive amid the pandemic
Alachua County reaches more than 1,000 positive COVID-19 cases
By Grethel Aguila | June 27, 2020Alachua County broke its largest single-day increase of COVID-19 cases two days in a row
Alachua County sees largest single-day increase of positive COVID-19 cases
By Grethel Aguila | June 26, 2020The county reported an additional 82 cases and one death, bringing the county’s total to 945 cases and 12 deaths as of Friday
Alachua County reports 22 new COVID-19 cases as Florida hits 100,000
By Grethel Aguila | June 22, 2020Most of Alachua County’s reported cases are in residents aged 15-24
UF Gator Band mellophone player joins EMT unit in Atlanta
By Diane Hernandez | June 21, 2020Lauren Mizell transports patients in the midst of the pandemic
Inside a changing industry: Music and art
By Avery Lotz | June 20, 2020Musicians and artists have felt changes to their industry during COVID-19, but they have found new ways to share their passion from a distance
A brief guide to bonds in Alachua County
By Sarah Mandile | June 19, 2020Police are taking extra precautions to avoid making unnecessary arrests during the COVID-19 pandemic
