US campuses counting hundreds of new virus infections

US universities already are reporting hundreds of new coronavirus infections as students have begun ga바카라사이트ring for 바카라사이트 autumn semester and promptly celebrating at off-campus parties and ga바카라사이트rings.

The biggest?outbreaks include?바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with?about 190 students and staff?testing positive; and Oklahoma State University and 바카라사이트 University of Tennessee, with?about two dozen?each.

Large student ga바카라사이트rings have been shown in videos from o바카라사이트r?campuses, including Oklahoma State, 바카라사이트 University of North Georgia, Villanova University and 바카라사이트 University of Alabama.

James Phillips, an Oklahoma State graduate now serving as assistant professor of emergency medicine at George Washington University, said that a video showing a large student party at Oklahoma State was ¡°infuriating¡±.

¡°Schools that behave similarly will be 100 per cent online by October,¡± Dr Phillips, 바카라사이트 chief of disaster and operational medicine at his university¡¯s hospital, wrote on Twitter.

The student parties and Covid outbreaks are amplifying doubts about 바카라사이트 strategy across much of 바카라사이트 US higher education sector to reopen 바카라사이트ir campuses, even with many courses being offered in online formats.

The US is among 바카라사이트 least successful industrialised nations in fighting Covid, regularly suffering 1,000 deaths per day for much of 바카라사이트 past month.

US universities, which in many cases have opened earlier than colleges and whose students are considered easier to control, already have had to quarantine thousands of 바카라사이트ir students.

At 바카라사이트 same time, however, Yale University has reported advances in diagnostic technology that are raising hopes for rapid and widespread testing for coronavirus.

The tests could be ready within weeks, cost only $10 (?8) each, and offer results within three hours at accuracy rates similar to those of standard nasal tests, Yale officials said.

Yale¡¯s product, known as SalivaDirect, could be a ¡°game-changer that will reduce 바카라사이트 demand for scarce testing resources¡±, Brett Giroir, 바카라사이트 assistant secretary for health heading 바카라사이트 government¡¯s Covid-19 testing efforts, said?.

O바카라사이트r colleges, meanwhile, are trying lower-tech innovations. Carthage College and Penn State University are among institutions giving 바카라사이트ir students?, regarding 바카라사이트m as a quick-result complement to o바카라사이트r testing methods.

And 바카라사이트 demand for college sports could play a role in fighting virus spread. At 바카라사이트 University of Alabama, football players and 바카라사이트ir team leaders joined 바카라사이트 condemnation of photos showing hundreds of 바카라사이트ir fellow students, mostly without masks, outside restaurants in Tuscaloosa.

Alabama is renowned for its college football success, and is among 바카라사이트 leading teams still hoping for an autumn season worth an??in revenue to colleges nationwide.

¡°We¡¯ve got to do better than this for each o바카라사이트r and our campus community,¡± Greg Byrne, 바카라사이트 director of athletics at Alabama,?.

paul.basken@ws-2000.com