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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

All right, today is Monday, August 31st. Kathy is out.

I shall be handling the news duties.

We'll begin with this.

Temple University is suspending in-person classes for two weeks amid COVID-19 outbreak.

The announcement was made yesterday in a letter to the university community, citing the increase as a possible result of small social gatherings happening off campus.

According to the university, they said in a statement we are instituting a two-week pause for in-person classes and an intense, extensive collaboration with PDPH to test and contact trace students' cases and minimize further spread.

The university said after officials reported nearly 60 active

COVID-19 cases within the school community on Friday. The university says further test revealed

that there are now a total of 103 active cases. Students taking in-person classes will go online

starting today and will continue until September 11th.

Classes that are already online will not be impacted by this decision.

Only classes designated by the dean of a school or college as essential will continue

in-person learning. Those students who qualify will be notified directly.

The university said an assessment that the situation will be made during this period to determine the best course

moving forward, and we are hopeful, of course, that we will be able to return to the full

hybrid program in place at the start of the semester. But any such decision will be driven by

the data and public health guidance available at the time.

Working with the Health Department Temple plans to test 400 students today, and they will be

testing those who feel ill and those who have been in contact with someone who has tested

positive.

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