Western University shut down most campus buildings and services Friday in response to the province’s stay-at-home order.
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First response adapts as student responders remain vigilant and eager to return.
London’s health unit declared an outbreak in Delaware Hall after six students tested positive, marking the fifth Western residence outbreak in a week.
London’s health unit declared an outbreak in Western’s Med-Syd residence, as students are now at the centre of six community outbreaks, five of which were declared in less than a week.
Western University cancelled the majority of in-person classes and is encouraging all students in residence to head home for the rest of the school year.
Most in-person USC services will be closed until at least April 6.
Western will no longer accept cloth face masks as suitable protection from COVID-19 while on campus.
Huron’s students’ council spoke out against their colleges’ plan to end its formal affiliation with Western University.
The MLHU declared two outbreaks in Western’s Saugeen and Ontario Hall residences.
With a return to in-person classes announced for the fall, Western must figure out how to schedule and run in-person classes if social distancing capacity were to continue.
“When you compare institutions across Ontario, the academic programs are great, the opportunities are great, the career prospects are great,” Kibilds said. “But Western feels different. Western feels like a community.”
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