Harvard University announces remote classes for most of January due to 'rapid rise' in COVID omicron cases
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Harvard University students will be forced to study remotely for the entire month of January due to a “rapid rise” in coronavirus cases locally and nationally, the university announced in a statement on Saturday.
"We write to inform you that for the first three weeks of January we will take steps to reduce density on campus by moving much of our learning and work remotely. Please know that we do not take this step lightly. It is prompted by the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases locally and across the country, as well as the growing presence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant," the announcement reads.
The Harvard University administrators wrote that the decision to shift classes online was made with "the health and safety of our community as our top priority."