https://nypost.com/2020/08/17/unc-chapel-hill-switches-to-remote-learning-after-130-covid-19-cases/ The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday abruptly announced it will no longer hold in-person undergraduate classes — after 130 students tested positive for the coronavirus in the first week of the fall semester. A letter from university leaders stated that “given the number of positive cases” all undergrad classes will be moved online beginning on Wednesday. The announcement comes after the school’s COVID-19 positivity rate among students skyrocketed from 2.8 percent to 13.6 percent between Aug. 10, when classes began, and Sunday. As of Monday, 130 students out of 954 tested positive the virus, most with mild symptoms. Five employees also tested positive, according to the school’s case-tracking dashboard. Close to 350 students were quarantined and another 177 were in isolation both on and off campus, the university said. “As much as we believe we have worked diligently to help create a healthy and safe campus living and learning environment, we believe the current data presents an untenable situation,” said Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Robert A. Blouin.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday abruptly announced it will no longer hold in-person undergraduate classes — after 130 students tested positive for the coronavirus in the first week of the fall semester. A letter from university leaders stated that “given the number of positive cases” all undergrad classes will be moved online beginning on Wednesday. The announcement comes after the school’s COVID-19 positivity rate among students skyrocketed from 2.8 percent to 13.6 percent between Aug. 10, when classes began, and Sunday. As of Monday, 130 students out of 954 tested positive the virus, most with mild symptoms. Five employees also tested positive, according to the school’s case-tracking dashboard. Close to 350 students were quarantined and another 177 were in isolation both on and off campus, the university said. “As much as we believe we have worked diligently to help create a healthy and safe campus living and learning environment, we believe the current data presents an untenable situation,” said Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Robert A. Blouin.