Covid-19: Universiti Sains Malaysia to go into lockdown for three weeks at all campuses | Malaysia - Malay Mail

Covid-19: Universiti Sains Malaysia to go into lockdown for three weeks at all campuses | Malaysia - Malay Mail

USM, which maintains campuses in Penang and Kelantan, said that this lockdown will be carried out in stages from March 17 (tomorrow) until April 5 (Sunday). — Picture via Facebook/ Universiti Sains Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) this afternoon announced that it has taken the initiative to order a temporary lockdown of all its campuses for three weeks from tomorrow onwards, due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

USM, which maintains campuses in Penang and Kelantan, said that this lockdown will be carried out in stages from March 17 (tomorrow) until April 5 (Sunday).

USM vice-chancellor Professor Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan said that the first phase of March 17 to March 22 would see all staff at all the university’s schools and academic and research centres being required to work from home.

As for USM students, the university said it has decided to bring forward the mid-semester break initially scheduled from April 6 to April 12, and to have the break take place earlier on the new dates of March 30 to April 5.

“Students are not barred from going home during the mid-semester break. However, students are HIGHLY ADVISED to remain on campus throughout the duration of the break. This is meant to avoid further risk of the outbreak,” he said in a statement posted on USM’s official Facebook page.

Earlier today, Malay Mail published a compilation of the measures that all the 20 public universities had separately announced this month up to noon today on their measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. The full list can be read here “Covid-19: What are Malaysia’s public universities doing? Online classes and more ”.

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2020-03-16 10:35:22Z
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