US universities are assessing the risks to study abroad programs, and have canceled some programs amid concerns about the spreading coronavirus outbreak.
China sends more students to America than any other country—more than 369,000 last school year, according to the Institute of International Education. The United States sends more than 11,000 students to China every year.
Duke University, which operates a campus in China in partnership with Wuhan University, has closed its Kunshan campus to non-essential services until February 24.
In the US, the University of Arkansas, where many Chinese students study business, had about 60 students planning to go to China starting in May but the program was canceled. The University of Akron and the University of Arizona have canceled their Lunar New Year celebrations on campus. Meanwhile, Ohio State University is also closely monitoring the situation but trying not to overdo it so as not to cause more concern and fear, in addition to ensuring the safety of the community.
At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where there are about 5,500 Chinese students, some students returning home from Wuhan for winter break have chosen to self-isolate or wear masks to school to protect students. other. Some institutions require students returning from China to self-isolate for two weeks.
Two of the 12 coronavirus cases in the US are linked to universities, one at Arizona State University and another at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, where the infected student had recently arrived. Wuhan.
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