The university is not alone in seeing an uptick in infections within days of students returning to campus.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is ending in-person instruction for undergrads just a week after reopening following several clusters of coronavirus cases reported among students living in dorms and a fraternity house.
Starting Wednesday, all undergraduate in-person instruction will shift to remote learning, Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz and Provost Robert A. Blouin wrote in a joint message. The semester started Aug. 10, and students moved in about one week earlier. The university leadership said it made its decision in “consultation with state and local health officials, Carolina’s infectious disease experts, and the UNC System.”
“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,” they wrote.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services defined a “cluster” as “five or more cases that are deemed close proximity.”
There were “cluster” alerts for Hinton James residence hall, Ehringhaus Community and Granville Towers, and Sigma Nu fraternity. The university says 177 students are in isolation and 349 are in quarantine on and off campus.
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