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On Monday March 2, Oswego State President Deborah Stanley sent out an email updating the campus community on the new coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, and how it may affect the college as over 11 cases have been confirmed in New York state. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by a new form of coronavirus, a type of virus that includes the common cold. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, symptoms of COVID-19 can include fever, coughing and shortness of breath, with symptoms potentially developing two to 14 days after exposure, though some patients may show no symptoms at all.
This new virus was first reported in China in late 2019 and has since spread to at least 78 countries with South Korea, Italy and Iran having significant outbreaks according to statistics from the CDC. The World Health Organization announced the name COVID-19 for the disease caused by the virus in February. The name is a shortening of “coronavirus disease 2019,” according to the CDC. “I write to you today to assure you that the health and safety of all members of our campus community, particularly those students currently studying abroad or planning to travel internationally, is of utmost concern for SUNY Oswego,” Stanley wrote in her email. “Please know that Oswego is working together with our campus leaders as well as
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Photo provided by Abby Lombino Students signed up for the quarter three course trips to Italy, Japan, France and Ireland will have their trips postponed until further notice.
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On March 2, Oswego State students received an email from President Deborah Stanley, explaining the school’s decision to cancel all international spring break programs due to the recent coronavirus outbreaks. “I write to you today to to assure you that the health and safety of all members of our campus community, particularly those students currently studying abroad or planning to travel internationally, is of ut-
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most concern for SUNY Oswego,” the email said. The spring break trips to Italy, Japan, France and Ireland were all canceled. Students who signed up were told the school would try to reschedule programs to be at the end of May, should there no longer be a threat of the coronavirus abroad. “Right now our faculty program leaders and my office are in the process of rescheduling these programs to May after graduation. So far all the professors and most of the students can go then, which is great,” Associate Provost for Interna-
tional Education and Programs Joshua McKeown said. “Thanks to our faculty and students’ flexibility and determination, it looks promising that students will be able to accomplish their travel and earn their credit.” Students that are not able to attend the trip at a later time will receive full refunds, according to the study abroad office. “I’m kind of bummed out, because I was so excited,” Leigh McMahon, a student enrolled
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