Some U.S. colleges and universities are instructing students to 'self-quarantine' for two weeks if they think they've been exposed to the coronavirus.
With 11 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the U.S. and 260 under investigation as of Wednesday, universities are ramping up efforts to protect students, faculty and staff from the potentially deadly illness — especially schools that have large populations of students from China.
Before classes began this week, the university instructed anyone who had visited China within the past two weeks to “complete this Registration Form so that the University can provide you with assistance.” The university said on the site that “food service will be provided to those students who have chosen to self-isolate and have completed this form.”
USC started monitoring students who visit the university health center for symptoms of coronavirus more than three weeks ago, Van Orman said. The university, she added, “does not make decisions alone” when it comes to isolation, quarantine or activating one of its emergency disease plans. “We are making the decisions with the local authorities and they have jurisdiction over the event.”
Universities are trying to help students with family in China The university has a responsibility to make sure students or faculty who recently returned from Wuhan — which is believed to be the epicenter of the outbreak — seek out proper care if they experience symptoms of coronavirus, Van Orman said. The school is supposed to report possible cases to local health authorities, she said.
The university has “been engaged in academic planning to help students who couldn’t return to New York because of travel restrictions participate in class,” John Beckman, the senior vice president for public affairs at NYU said.
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