Most schools in the United States resumed classes on the 8th.
Due to the continuation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, many schools have decided to continue online teaching, but some schools have resumed face-to-face teaching, and the number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in some universities has surged.
According to the "New York Times" epidemic tracking data of American colleges and universities, more than 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States have reported more than 51,000 confirmed cases.
According to the "New York Times" US college epidemic tracking data, more than 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States have reported more than 51,000 confirmed cases, and colleges in Texas, Alabama, North Carolina and other places have more confirmed cases.
Many people worry that young people infected with the new crown virus will spread the virus to other people and accelerate the spread of the virus throughout the community.
Expert: Large-scale gathering or making schools a hotbed of infection
Some experts believe that returning to school will bring great challenges to the next stage of the US epidemic prevention and control.
The large-scale gathering of students in campuses, classrooms, and restaurants may make schools a hotbed of cluster infections.
The president of the University of Notre Dame in the United States said that the school's tracking analysis of close contacts of people infected with the new coronavirus found that most of the infections originated from off-campus gatherings.
Students who were infected at these gatherings passed the virus to others and continued to cross-infect them on campus, leading to a surge in cases.
In addition, during the short Labor Day holiday in the United States that just passed, some college students held parties on campus, which also intensified the spread of the virus.
West Virginia University announced on the 7th that due to the discovery of multiple gatherings on campus during the Labor Day holiday, the school decided to change all undergraduate courses on the Morgantown campus to online teaching before September 25.
The school also requires all students who return home during the Labor Day holiday not to return to school for the time being.
Out of concerns about the school’s epidemic prevention and control and safety measures, the faculty and student groups of the University of Michigan, the University of Kansas and other universities plan to hold a “strike” in the near future, requiring the school to implement remote office and teaching.