Update (March 5): The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has activated a mandatory remote work policy for its Seattle-based employees, effective through at least March 31.
Italy’s education minister, Lucia Azzolina, announced today (March 4) that her government has ordered a nationwide closure of schools until March 15 due to the spread of coronavirus, according to Bloomberg. Schools and universities in northern Italy, where the outbreak was centered, had already shut down roughly 10 days ago. Currently, according to The Guardian, more than 2,500 people in Italy have been infected.
The BBC reports that a school closure in Japan will last through the end of the academic year in late March. Classes are also suspended in China, and the nation’s roughly 180 million students are now using an online learning platform in order to continue their studies, reports the South China Morning Post.
These developments have prompted universities in the ...
