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Patch featured Pace University in "NY Coronavirus: Pace U. Moves All Classes Online"
University officials also asked students and staff traveling at spring break to notify them if they travel to a CDC-named high-risk region.
Starting Wednesday, Pace University will suspend in-person class meetings on all three campuses and move all classes to remote learning. The suspension for Manhattan, Pleasantville and White Plains is through March 29, school officials said.
There are now 173 confirmed cases of COVID-19, as the virus is known, in New York — up 31 from Monday.
*Westchester County: 108 (10 new)
*New York City: 36 (17 new)
*Nassau County: 19 (2 new)
*Rockland County: 6 (2 new)
*Saratoga County: 2
*Suffolk County: 1
*Ulster County: 1
Spring break for the New York City and Pleasantville campuses will continue as scheduled next week, with remote learning resuming after break. Pace officials asked students and staff traveling for spring break to notify them via this form if they travel to a CDC-named high-risk region.
"We want to make clear that we have no reported cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) on our campuses or in our community," school President Marvin Krislov and Vanya Quiñones, the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, said in a message. "We are acting now from an abundance of caution, to encourage the social distancing that authorities believe will be crucial to stopping the spread of the virus. This is a precautionary measure, not a reactive one, and our goal is to do everything we can to keep everyone in our community healthy."
