SHAWN AS LIVE:
WE'RE TOLD THIS IS DENMARK
TECH'S FIRST
CASE OF COVID-19 RELATED TO A
STUDENT IN
ON-CAMPUS HOUSING AND ONLY THE
THIRD REPORT OF A
STUDENT CASE.
TAKE PKG:
SHAWN CABBAGESTALK/ REPORTER:
COVID-19 NOW IN A SMALL
POPULATION AT DENMARK
TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
DOCTOR WILLIE L. TODD, JR.
/PRESIDENT - DENMARK
TECHNICAL COLLEGE:
"BECAUSE WE ARE A SMALL CAMPUS
AND WE ARE A SMALL COMMUNITY,
AND
WE'RE NOT JUST CONCERNED ABOUT
DENMARK TECH, WE'RE ALSO
CONCERNED ABOUT DENMARK, SOUTH
CAROLINA"
SHAWN CABBAGESTALK/ REPORTER: A
STUDENT TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COVID-19 AND
SELF REPORTED TO CAMPUS
OFFICIALS.
THE PERSON ... AS WELL AS THEIR
ROOMMATE ...
IMMEDIATELY PLACED IN
QUARANTINE.
BOTH ARE ASYMPTOMATIC.
DOCTOR WILLIE L. TODD, JR.
/PRESIDENT - DENMARK
TECHNICAL COLLEGE:
"WE WERE STILL ACCEPTING
STUDENTS AS RECENT AS LAST
FRIDAY. AND WE ARE
VERY SURE THAT THIS DID NOT, WAS
NOT CONTRACTED ON THE CAMPUS."
SHAWN CABBAGESTALK/ REPORTER:
WE'RE TOLD SINCE STUDENTS AND
STAFF RETURNED TO CAMPUS EARLY
AUGUST ... STRINGENT
PROTOCOLS WERE IN PLACE TO
DECREASE THE RISK OF
COVID-19 SPREAD.
DOCTOR WILLIE L. TODD, JR.
/PRESIDENT - DENMARK
TECHNICAL COLLEGE:
"WE HAVE THOROUGHLY CLEANED THIS
CAMPUS, DEEP CLEAN, SANITIZED,
THIS CAMPUS PROPERLY. WE'VE GONE
THROUGH AND HAD PROFESSIONAL
COMPANIES COME ON THE CAMPUS.
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE."
SHAWN CABBAGESTALK/ REPORTER:
ALSO ... OFFICIALS HAVE SEVERAL
DIFFERENT
CHANGES IN PLACE ON CAMPUS SUCH
AS "SAFE SPACE
STANDARDS" TO PROTECT THE ENTIRE
CAMPUS COMMUNITY.
DOCTOR WILLIE L. TODD, JR.
/PRESIDENT - DENMARK TECHNICAL
COLLEGE:
"WHEN YOU WALK INTO BUILDINGS,
IT DETECTS WHERE THE STUDENTS
HAVE ON A
MASK, STUDENTS AND STAFF. IT
ALSO DETECTS THEIR TEMPERATURE.
WHEN
YOU COME ON OUR CAMPUS, WE HAVE
PROCESSES IN PLACE SO THAT THERE
ARE
CERTAIN QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED
BEFORE WE ALLOW ANYONE TO ENTER
OUR CAMPUS."
SHAWN CABBAGESTALK/ REPORTER: IN
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS
THE
PALMETTO STATE ... THE NUMBERS
ARE NOT SO ENCOURAGING.
THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES
CONTINUES TO
GROW EXPONENTIALLY ON THE
UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTH CAROLINA CAMPUS. ACCORDING
TO THE UNIVERSITY'S ON-LINE
COVID-
19 TRACKER THERE ARE NOW MORE
THAN ONE THOUSAND
ACTIVE CASES ON CAMPUS.
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY HAS HAD
SEVERAL CASES.
FOR DOCTOR TODD AND HIS TEAM AT
DENMARK TECH
... ONE CASE IS ONE CASE TOO
MANY BUT THEY HAVE IT UNDER
CONTROL.
SHAWN AS LIVE:
MEANWHILE ... STUDENTS ARE STILL
ON CAMPUS BUT
CLASSES ARE BEING HELD
VIRTUALLY. STUDENTS ... IF YOU
NEED A COMPUTER TO ACCESS CLASS
INFORMATION ... LOOK FOR THIS
STORY ON WJBF DOT COM FOR
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO GET ONE.
I'M SHAWN CABBAGESTALK REPORTING
... NOW BACK TO
YOU.
