[Wuhan Pneumonia] CUHK calls on students not to return to dormitory

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Written by: Yuan Yan

2020-01-28 14:18

A new coronavirus epidemic is raging, and many universities have postponed their studies until February 17. CUHK also extended the Lunar New Year holiday. Today (28th), it announced that it would upgrade contingency measures to the "emergency" level, and will take proactive measures to respond to the epidemic, including students' health declaration and self-monitoring.

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CUHK refers to the Steering Committee of the Health Promotion and Protection Committee, which is responsible for supervising and coordinating the work of the university and reporting directly to the principal. To ensure the health and safety of students and staff, the school will take the following further measures, including a series of disease prevention and monitoring mechanisms recommended by the Health Promotion and Protection Committee, cancellation of the exchange student program in the Mainland this semester, and suspension of short-term student exchange activities .

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Students and employees must fill in the health declaration form and list the travel history for 14 days

The school strongly recommends that students should not return to the dormitory before February 17. All students returning to the dormitory and returning to work must complete a health declaration form, list travel records for the past 14 days, and complete a self-medical monitoring form for 14 consecutive days.

In addition, the school will resume teaching on February 17. If the classroom is affected by the epidemic and cannot be resumed as scheduled, online teaching will be conducted as much as possible; and departments and departments are advised to postpone or cancel large-scale events and meetings.

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Earlier, many tertiary institutions including the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and HKBU all announced that they would postpone the resumption of classes until February 17. CityU decided to suspend classroom teaching from January 31 to February 6, so that staff could prepare for online teaching. From February 7th, all classrooms will be taught online in real time until further notice.

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