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n 95 face masks, “Concerns for the safety, well-being and free movement of the 342 students in our study abroad program in Florence, Italy, have guided this difficult decision, which was also informed by global health experts. We believe this is absolutely necessary to reduce the risk of our students being unable to leave Italy due to Italian containment efforts.” The school’s campus in Florence will close by Sunday, which is the same day students are being asked to fly home to the U.S., ABC News reported.
n 95 face masks - Students currently taking part in Stanford University's study abroad program in Florence will be heading home early, reported The Stanford Daily, the school’s student-run newspaper. Students are asked to return home “before the start of next week.” Stanford’s Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) will provide students $500 to cover airline costs to leave the city “no later than Sunday,” as per the paper. A decision to hold the spring program will be made by March 20.
n 95 face masks, The University of Southern California (USC) is taking similar measures, requiring students studying in both South Korea and in the Veneto and Lombardy regions of Italy to return home, the Los Angeles Times reported. The school is “working actively with them to make arrangements to travel back to USC,” officials said in an email obtained by the newspaper. New York University (NYU) has not outright canceled its Florence program, John Beckman, an NYU spokesperson, told Fox News. But the outbreak has prompted the school to “suspend in-person classes and operations at the Florence campus this week,” with classes reconvening remotely next week, he said.
n 95 face masks - Students have been asked to return home in the interim, with the possibility of classes resuming at the Florence campus by the end of next month. CLICK HERE FOR MORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE FROM FOX NEWS “We hope we will be able to reopen as normal at the end of March,” said Beckman.
n 95 face masks - The CDC issues a new warning on the coronavirus as more Americans become infected; Jonathan Serrie reports from Atlanta. Now that the coronavirus has broken out of China and established a foothold in Europe and the Middle East, many are on edge. This week, the stock market for one jumped off a cliff —something it is wont to do when faced with global uncertainty. While nothing about this global health emergency is certain, we can predict with a high degree of confidence some outcomes — good and bad — that will emerge in the weeks ahead.