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COVID-19 Infections Rising Among Young People on US University Campuses

Madeline Joung

   Reports of COVID-19 cases are growing on university campuses as schools
   reopen for the fall semester.

   [1]The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill quickly reversed its
   in-person classes as 135 positive COVID-19 cases, 130 students and five
   employees emerged after the first week of classes from Aug. 10 to Aug.
   16.

   "We have seen COVID-19 positive rate rise from 2.8% to 13.6% at Campus
   Health," stated a letter posted on Monday to the university's website.

   Almost 1,000 (954) students have been tested, 177 are in isolation and
   349 are in quarantine, both on and off campus, according to the letter.
   The university will shift all undergraduate in-person instruction to
   [2]remote learning, effective Wednesday, Aug. 19.

References

   1. https://carolinatogether.unc.edu/dashboard/
   2. https://www.unc.edu/posts/2020/08/17/shift-to-remote-cm/

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