A student attending an online class at home as students' return to school has been delayed due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Fuyang, Anhui province, China. As a growing coronavirus pandemic shuts down conferences, transport, schools and sporting events worldwide, it is also nudging people toward new behaviours and technologies that may have lasting impacts on the emissions driving climate change. — Reuters
LONDON: As Covid-19 sweeps the Seattle area, with more than 20 deaths so far in one of the worst outbreaks in the United States, the University of Washington this week shuttered its classrooms in a bid to contain the spread of the disease.
But lecturer Ian Schnee's philosophy class for 300 students took place as scheduled on Monday – just online. Eighty tuned in live, with more expected to watch the recording later.
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