- Coronavirus has affected education around the world forcing schools to close their classrooms and resort to online learning
- Some schools have managed to reopen and the University of Alabama is one of them
- However, six days after the school reopened, it has had 566 cases of the deadly COVID-19
Six days after the University of Alabama reopened its classrooms, the school has had 566 cases of the deadly coronavirus.
According to Yahoo News, photos circulated on social media showed what appeared to be the university's students crowding outside bars in Tuscaloosa on August 19.
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TUKO.co.ke noted the university said it would discipline students who violate health and safety protocols both on and off campus.
The institution's president, Stuart Bell, said in a letter that the increase in COVID-19 cases was unacceptable.
He said harsh disciplinary actions to be taken against violators of health and safety protocols would include suspension.
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The University of Alabama is not the only one to face such a challenge as one week after reopening, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill cancelled in-class lectures due to cases of coronavirus in the institution.
August 11 was the first day of the new academic year.
The decision was made after more than 130 students tested positive for COVID-19 and 300 forced to quarantine a week after the school reopened.
The disclosure was made in a letter to students on the campus website by the university's chancellor.
The school said classes would be held online going forward along with academic support services.
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