University of Maryland tells students to isolate over rise in COVID-19 cases
UMD courses will switch to all online for a week and officials say students on and off-campus should stay home and quarantine as much as possible. Author: Lucas Robbins Updated: 12:09 AM EST February 22, 2021
COLLEGE PARK, Md. A recent rise in cases of COVID-19 has led the University of Maryland to put stricter policies in place, including that students must quarantine for a week.
In-person classes for undergraduate and graduate students will transition to online for at least the next week, and students have to isolate themselves to help limit the spread of COVID-19.
Urgent COVID Actions: One Week of Online Instruction, Resident Students to Sequester-in-Place
Dear Campus Community,
Effective today, the University of Maryland is implementing urgent interventions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on our campus:
All students living in residence halls and on-campus fraternity and sorority houses must sequester-in-place, effective at 12:00 noon today.
All students living off-campus in the greater College Park area are strongly encouraged to stay home as much as possible and limit your activities.
All in-person instruction for undergraduate and graduate courses will transition to online instruction beginning on Monday, February 22.
Approved laboratory research activities, already operating at 50% capacity and with strict masking and distancing precautions, may continue as scheduled.
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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.