Stanford moves classes online after faculty member contracts coronavirus

"Stanford University will move all of its classes online after a faculty member of the Northern California school tested positive for the novel coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19.

‘The university is actively monitoring the local and global health situation and is taking precautionary measures in an effort to help limit the spread of infection,’ university officials said in a statement Friday night, according to the Los Angeles Times.

University officials also said that large events would be ‘canceled or adjusted.’

Stanford is the second university on the West Coast to opt for online classes as fears of a larger outbreak grow." …

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/486446-stanford-moves-classes-online-after-faculty-member