Ralph Northam has ordered Virginia public K-12 schools to close for the remainder of the academic year, and has ordered many non-essential businesses to close.ĭozens of other higher educational institutions in Virginia, including the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia Tech University, and Washington & Lee University are suspending in-person classes and moving to online instruction for the next several weeks or the rest of the semester.įalwell has publicly downplayed the threat of coronavirus in recent weeks.
There are also two confirmed cases in Amherst and Bedford counties, which border the city of Lynchburg.Īs cases increase, Gov. He's also ordering faculty "without a valid health exemption" to report to work on campus and continue to hold in-person office hours, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported on Tuesday.Īccording to the Virginia Department of Health, there are currently at least 290 cases of COVID-19 in Virginia, including 45 people who have been hospitalized and six who have died. is still encouraging students to come back to campus. While classes are moving to online instruction, Falwell Jr. This week, approximately 5,000 Liberty students return to campus in Lynchburg, Virginia. Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of Liberty University and a close ally of President Donald Trump, is keeping campus open as students return from spring break, despite hundreds of colleges across America moving online and sending students home for the rest of the semester. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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