Universities ‘may have to close’ to prevent spread of coronavirus

Conferences and exchanges curtailed as Covid-19 spreads

Published on
March 4, 2020
Last updated
March 12, 2020
Northern Italy’s universities have shut for a second week because of a cluster of coronavirus cases in the area
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Northern Italy’s universities have shut for a second week because of a cluster of coronavirus cases in the area

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Can you imagine the financial mayhem if our massively indebted quasi-privatised universities closed for any length of time. Without a huge injection of public money many would never re-open. So our government will insist that open they must stay, at all costs, regardless of the numbers dying.
What happens to the international student’s who don’t have enough money to go anywhere for Spring Break? The university’s are saying don’t come back but they don’t have anywhere else to go. Pretty frightening.

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