Students at Duke campus in China being sent home as coronavirus spreads
While many people in China are on lockdown, as health officials try to contain a rapidly spreading coronavirus strain, students at Duke Kunshan University are being encouraged to return to their home countries.
Posted — UpdatedDuke offered students $1,000 travel stipends to help them get home.
"This virus is very serious, but in the grand scheme of things, the flu kills more people than the coronavirus," Colasurdo said. "As far as my parents, they’re really just excited to have me back for a little bit longer."
"Because the government offices were closed for the weekend and the holiday, several of them were not able to get access to their passports," Schoenfeld said. "We expect, if that has not been resolved already, it’ll be resolved in the next day or so."
Duke officials said Tuesday that all DKU students had received their passports and were free to leave China.
Colasurdo said DKU officials activated an emergency response center last week and had been providing students regular updates about the coronavirus and the campus' response.
"They distributed masks to everyone. They launched a whole roll-out of different protocols in terms of extra cleaning," he said. "They’ve been very transparent with us."
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