Rice University canceling in-person classes after employee tested positive for novel coronavirus

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by Rebekah Allen, Texas Tribune


Rice University canceled all in-person classes and undergraduate labs this week in an attempt to avoid spread of the new coronavirus after an employee tested positive, university officials announced Sunday.

The employee was infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, while on a cruise ship that traveled the Nile River in Egypt last month.

"Out of an abundance of caution and to allow faculty and staff time to prepare for possible remote instruction this semester, in-person classroom instruction and undergrad teaching labs for the week of March 9 are canceled. During the week of March 9-13, faculty can provide material that can be completed remotely and does not require group interaction," the university said in a statement.

The statement said Rice is also preparing for the possibility of delivering "the majority of its classes remotely if that should prove necessary."

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/08/new-coronavirus-prompts-texas-rice-university-cancel-person-classes/