Switzerland sends 2,500 students into quarantine after hotel school COVID outbreak

Students walk on the premises of the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne after its students were put under quarantine, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Lausanne, Switzerland, September 23, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has quarantined the entire undergraduate body of one of its premier hospitality management schools just days after their return from summer recess, regional officials said on Wednesday, following a COVID-19 outbreak linked to one or more parties.

All 2,500 undergraduate students at the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne must remain in their housing, including on-campus accommodation, until Sept. 28, authorities for the canton of Vaud said in a statement.