Report: About a dozen students have symptoms of covid-19 at Liberty University-1 confirmed

[Treyfish]

:tiphat: 3 referred to the hospital

Report: About a dozen students have symptoms of covid-19 at Liberty University
BRET GIBSON | Sunday, March 29, 2020 7:40 p.m.


Around a dozen students at Liberty University in Virginia have reported being sick with symptoms that are consistent with covid-19, according to the New York Times.

School President Jerry Falwell Jr. asked students to return to campus last week after spring break.

Students returning to campus are now reportedly...:tiphat: [link to triblive.com (secure)]

 

[Treyfish]

Liberty University student tests positive for Covid-19 after Falwell reopens campus


Nearly a dozen students showed symptoms of coronavirus after Jerry Falwell Jr defied calls for closures and invited them to return
At least one student who returned to Liberty University last week has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the conservative, Christian school’s lead physician.

“Liberty will be notifying the community as deemed appropriate and required by law,” Liberty University’s president, Jerry Falwell Jr, told the New York Times.

Last week, Falwell invited the school’s 5,000 students to return to campus after officials confirmed the Lynchburg, Virginia-based institution would defy nationwide calls for mandatory school closures and reopen.

Now, any student returning to campus would be required to self-quarantine for 14 days.

Lead physician Thomas W Eppes Jr confirmed in the report that nearly a dozen Liberty students showed symptoms of Covid-19 since returning to campus.

According to Eppes, of three tested, one was positive, one negative and the results are pending for the third. Eight other students were told to self-isolate.

“We’ve lost the ability to corral this thing,” Eppes told Falwell before the school’s reopening.

Of the 1,900 students who initially returned, Falwell confirmed more than 800 had since left again. He added the university had “no idea” how many returned to off-campus housing....:tiphat:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...rry-falwell-jr

 

[Treyfish]

• In move likely aimed at Liberty University, on-campus teaching halted in Virginia

Officials in Lynchburg, Virginia, said they were fielding complaints about the hundreds of students who have returned from spring break to Liberty University.
By Sarah Rankin
Updated 9 minutes ago

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia's governor on Monday ordered all higher education institutions to stop any in-person instruction amid the coronavirus pandemic, a move likely directed at Liberty University.

The evangelical college in Lynchburg led by President Jerry Falwell Jr. has faced intense criticism over its decision to welcome students back to campus last week after the end of their spring break. The vast majority of classes have been moved online, but the university has said publicly that in-person instruction was necessary for a few select courses.

"We are currently reviewing what the governor said but aren't able to make a comment at this moment," said Liberty spokesman Scott Lamb.

Lamb said he couldn't immediately say whether any in-person instruction was continuing Monday, but the university's website specifically mentioned that flight training for aeronautics courses would "remain in the traditional face to face format."...:tiphat:
https://abc13.com/health/in-move-lik...in-va/6063291/