As the new cases were being detected, reports of students taking part in risky parties were also emerging.
Universities and schools have been reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns from public health experts that the virus could easily spread out of control if strict preventative measures are not maintained.The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Monday it would move all undergraduate studies online after an alarming spike of COVID-19 cases was seen following the campus reopening.
"We have emphasized that if we were faced with the need to change plans – take an off-ramp – we would not hesitate to do so, but we have not taken this decision lightly," UNC Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Robert A. Blouin wrote in an email."We have made it in consultation with state and local health officials, Carolina's infectious disease experts, and the UNC System.
While 10 students and one employee tested positive in the week before the campus opened, towards the end of the first week of the reopening a significant uptick in cases was seen. Four clusters, consisting of five or more cases, were identified in three on-campus student residences and one fraternity house between Friday and Sunday.
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