MARYLAND (DC News Now) — The University of Maryland sent an email to its community Monday announcing that its Thanksgiving break this year would be extended. A letter from President Darryll J. Pines said that classes on Monday, Nov. 20 would be moved online and no classes would take place on Tuesday, Nov. 21. The […]
University of Maryland, College Park has canceled in-person classes for at least one week and has ordered students living on campus to sequester in place after a surge in coronavirus cases.
“Effective today, the University of Maryland is implementing urgent interventions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on our campus,” said university President Darryll J Pines in a letter to the school community on Saturday.
All students living in residence halls and on-campus fraternity and sorority houses must “sequester-in-place,” effective at noon on Saturday.
All students living off-campus in the greater College Park area are strongly encouraged to stay home as much as possible and to limit their activities.
The University of Maryland is taking additional measures after seeing a “significant and concerning increase” in positive coronavirus cases on and around campus.