Columbia University Cancels Classes for Two days before Spring Break Because of Coronavirus
Monday, March 9, 2020
Columbia University has cancelled classes for two days before Spring Break because of coronavirus COVID-19 concerns.
Columbia University cancelled classes for two days this week because a person at the school is under quarantine from coronavirus exposure. This was just announced by the university’s president via email.
“I am writing this evening to notify everyone that, because a member of our community has been quarantined as a result of exposure to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), we have decided to suspend classes on Monday and Tuesday,” Columbia’s president, Lee Bollinger, wrote in an email.
They did not say if it was a student or a school employee. Mr.Bollinger stated that the individual under quarantine has not yet been diagnosed with coronavirus.
“This action is intended to prevent the virus from spreading,” the president said.