More University of Arizona students will participate in in-person instruction. | Pixabay
More University of Arizona students will participate in in-person instruction. | Pixabay
If there continues to be a trend in positive public health metrics, the University of Arizona will allow more students to attend in-person classes, President Robert Robbins said.
Most classes have been taking place online, with only "essential courses" being instructed in person, the University of Arizona News reported. When the university moves into its second phase of re-entry, students not taking essential courses will have the opportunity for in-person classes.
"As we discussed last week, the university's measures in place to reduce transmission of coronavirus are working, and our partnerships with Pima County and the City of Tucson have had positive impact in the near-campus neighborhoods," Robbins told the University of Arizona News. "We have recorded no instances of transmission in a classroom or laboratory setting, and I am pleased that the RT level for the 85719 ZIP code around the university is quite low, at 0.16."
There has been a decline of positive COVID-19 cases on campus, with a 0.9% positivity rate. This is an improvement from the week prior when the rate was 3.4%.
"We are in a better position that we were in mid-September, in part because of the voluntary shelter-in-place self-quarantine that was initiated in collaboration with the county. That worked," Robbins told the University of Arizona News.
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