Austin will receive 13,650 COVID-19 vaccines as early as next week to begin distribution to high-risk health care workers if the United States Food and Drug Association grants an Emergency Use Authorization of the Pfizer vaccine.
Nonemergency party reports made on student residences off campus have continued throughout the semester, and UT and housing management say they have little jurisdiction to enforce consequences.
Austin residents can now apply for up to six months of rent assistance from the Housing Authority of the City of Austin, expanded from the three months it previously covered.
Some students, particularly freshmen who have had a virtual first semester, have turned to social media sites such as Facebook to search for roommates.
Texas surpassed 1 million COVID-19 cases on Friday. In the Austin area, the UT COVID-19 Modeling Consortium predicts a 73% chance the epidemic is growing based on the current reproduction rate.
There has been a catastrophic surge in COVID-19 cases across the state and the country in recent weeks, said Mark Escott, interim medical director and health authority for Austin-Travis County.
