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UNC Chapel Hill Closes Amid Coronavirus Outbreak. Will Others Follow?
ResumeThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill closed its doors to students less than a week after opening after 130 tested positive for coronavirus.
The positivity rate for students tested was close to 14%. Other colleges, including Colorado College and University of Notre Dame, are experiencing similar outbreaks.
So can colleges open safely? Here & Now's Robin Young checks in with George Washington University public health professor and emergency physician Leana Wen about this outbreak and other critical developments in the country's response to COVID-19.
This segment aired on August 18, 2020.