The University of West Virginia announced Monday that it will suspend individual classes on its main campus amid recent additional concerns about coronavirus infection there.
Individual undergraduate classes at its main campus in Morgantown will be canceled from Tuesday, and then Sept., the university said. 25 will be converted to -online-only notification. The school said graduate-level and vocational courses will be offered individually. Same period.
In a statement, university officials said the decision was made in direct response to the recent surge in positive cases among students on the Morgantown campus, as well as concerns over the possibility of increased cases following several reports from parties held over the weekend.
The University of West Virginia enrolls approximately 30,000 students on all of its campuses and programs. As of noon on Monday, there were about 11,600 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state, according to NBC News.
“This break in the undergraduate instruction will give us time to keep an eye on the ongoing cases of Kovid-19,” said Dr. Krishna Kumar, associate vice president of health affairs and dean of the School of Public Health. Said Jeffrey Kobe. Statement. “There is growing evidence that crowded indoor gatherings, such as those taking place over the weekend, can serve as super-spreader events.”
The university said it had suspended 29 students on Sunday “amid ongoing COVID-19 investigations” and “additional restrictions are pending.”
U.S. Leading students from top universities and colleges in are wrestling with how to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and the transition to in-person transition during an epidemic.
Cory Ferris, dean of WVU students, said students who went home during the holiday weekend and “their content is for remote learning” should stay where they are, while non-traveling students should stay in Morganetown.
The country’s leading infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fawcett has urged the college not to send students home, if possible.
“That’s the worst thing you could do,” Fossey said on NBC’s “Today” show last week.
“When you send them home, especially when you’re dealing with a university where people come from a lot of different places, you can seed from infection to different places.”
