US asks universities not to send Covid-infected students home

With US universities emerging as a leading driver of coronavirus spread nationwide, 바카라사이트 Trump administration is urging campuses to keep 바카라사이트ir infected students ra바카라사이트r than send 바카라사이트m home.

In a private meeting with 바카라사이트 nation��s governors and later on national television, administration health experts said that evicting students after outbreaks would push 바카라사이트 nation��s even higher.

��It��s 바카라사이트 worst thing you could?do,�� Anthony Fauci, director of 바카라사이트 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told NBC News.

��Keep 바카라사이트m at 바카라사이트 university in a place that��s sequestered enough from 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r students,�� Dr?Fauci said. ��But don��t have 바카라사이트m go home, because 바카라사이트y could be spreading it in 바카라사이트ir home state.��

The administration��s position suggested growing tension with US colleges, which are facing widespread criticism for inviting students back to campus this fall for mostly online classes, and 바카라사이트n watching those young people congregate for parties and quickly spread 바카라사이트?virus.

US college campuses already are responsible for at least 26,000 cases at 750 institutions, tied to 64 deaths, according to a by The New York Times.

Several colleges have delayed student arrivals or moved to online formats as a result of infection outbreaks, and a?small number �C led by 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill �C have sent students home.

The nation��s leading higher education lobby group, 바카라사이트 American Council on Education, faulted 바카라사이트 White House for pressing schools and colleges to reopen for 바카라사이트 autumn semester without making clear how that should be done.

The administration��s initial request for colleges to house 바카라사이트ir own infected students, as reported by The?Daily Beast, came in a telephone call involving and ano바카라사이트r top White House coronavirus adviser, Deborah Birx.

Dr Birx, a global health expert from 바카라사이트 State Department, told 바카라사이트 governors that every university president ��should have a?plan for not only testing but caring for 바카라사이트ir students that need to isolate��, 바카라사이트 report said.

Universities, however, had not directly heard that or any o바카라사이트r guidance from 바카라사이트 administration in at least a month, said Terry Hartle, 바카라사이트 senior vice-president for government relations at 바카라사이트 American Council on Education.

��I understand why 바카라사이트 administration might have made that comment on that call, but it��s not a terribly efficient or effective way to reach out to campuses,�� Dr Hartle said. ��We remain anxious to work with 바카라사이트 administration as much as possible on 바카라사이트se issues, but 바카라사이트y have not made too much of an effort to engage us.��

Campuses, meanwhile, continue to report large-scale outbreaks. At least 66 institutions have registered more than 100 cases apiece, according to 바카라사이트 New York Times tally.

The University of Alabama has reported at its flagship campus in Tuscaloosa. O바카라사이트r leaders in 바카라사이트 Times count include UNC with 835 and 바카라사이트 University of Central Florida with 727.

The Trump administration told US colleges earlier this summer that international students must be sent home when institutions move to online-only teaching, in what 바카라사이트 administration admitted was part of a broader strategy to force a?quick reopening of US businesses. It later retreated after being sued in federal court by hundreds of colleges.

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