Texas A&M announced Monday that President Katherine Banks has tested negative again for coronavirus.
Her first negative test came last week after learning she was exposed to someone in her office who was infected.
That exposure led Dr. Banks to decide to not participate in last weekend’s commencement exercises.
Original story, August 11, 2021:
Texas A&M president Katherine Banks announced Wednesday afternoon she will not be attending Friday’s summer commencement ceremony.
That’s after she learned late Tuesday night she was exposed to someone in her office who tested positive for coronavirus.
In a statement on the A&M website, Dr. Banks said she and the person who was infected have no symptoms.
Banks said she is fully vaccinated and she followed all university protocols by immediately self-reporting to the university COVID portal, completing a COVID test Wednesday morning, and scheduling a retest on Sunday.
