United States President Donald Trump has advised universities in the country to reopen their campuses despite reports of COVID-19 cluster outbreaks among students.
The President said, “Instead of saving lives, the decision to close universities could cost lives.”
Some universities are however rethinking their plans to reopen for the fall semester after several outbreaks emerged shortly after students returned to campus.
The universities, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Notre Dame, and Michigan State University, have decided in succession to halt the majority of in-person classes for the fall.
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“It is significantly safer for students to live with other young people than to go home and spread the virus to older Americans,” Trump said.
The number of COVID-19 cases among young people in the U.S. has increased sharply recently.
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Leading experts said that factors including high COVID-19 infections among adults, increasing gatherings among teenagers, and returning to school during the pandemic, might be contributing to the high infection rate.
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