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Friday, March 6th 2020
SEATTLE - No classes or finals at the University of Washington will take
place at any of its three campuses for the remainder of the winter quarter,
effective Monday, after a staff member tested presumptive positive for
coronavirus, UW officials announced.
All UW classes and finals will take place online through March 20 as a way
to stop the spread of the disease. The UW has campuses in Seattle, Tacoma
and Bothell. The huge Seattle campus has 46,000 students.
The infected staff member, who works in Roosevelt Commons East at the main
UW campus in Seattle, is now in self-isolation at home.
This individual was last in the building on February 24, 27 and 28, and
those in direct contact with the individual are being contacted. Their
manager and office colleagues have already been notified. They are believed
to have had limited contact with anyone outside of their immediate office
floor.
All occupants of the building who were in close contact with the ill
employee have been notified and are asked to stay home for 14 days since
their last contact with them.
Out of an abundance of caution, university officials have decided not to
hold any more classes or finals in person for the rest of the winter quarter.
The university issued a statement Friday morning:
Update – 03/06/2020: As a way to increase precautionary health measures,
such as social distancing, and ensure the successful conclusion of the
quarter for UW students on all of our campuses, as of March 9, 2020, classes
and finals will not be held in person for the remainder of winter quarter,
which ends March 20.
Our campuses will remain open to serve all those who rely on our services,
including hospitals and clinics, dining services, residence halls, and
recreation and athletics facilities.
Husky athletics events will proceed as scheduled. We plan to resume normal
class operations when spring quarter begins March 30, pending public health
guidance.
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