All students living on or near the University of Arizona campus should shelter in place for the next 14 days to help reduce community spread of the coronavirus, Pima County and UA officials urged Monday.
The recommendation comes as COVID-19 cases continue to rise among UA students, who returned for the start of the semester last month. As of Friday, the university has administered nearly 25,000 tests and has recorded 1,148 positive cases among students, faculty and staff.
“This is a last-ditch effort to ask you to follow the rules before we have to make some really drastic changes to how we’re dealing with this blatant disregard for public health measures,” said UA President Robert C. Robbins during a news conference Monday.
Pictured: The Hub Tucson, student housing, off campus: Since classes resumed at the UA last month, there have been significant coronavirus outbreaks at several off-campus student housing sites, including nearby high-rises, Greek houses and other student apartments. /Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
