UArizona expects 200+ COVID positive students

MEANTIME -- THE U-OF-A IS SETTO OPEN -- IN A LITTLE OVERTWO WEEKS.

THE UNIVERSITYPRESIDENT PREDICTS -- MORETHAN 2-HUNDRED STUDENTS WILLTEST POSITIVE FOR COVID 19 --AS SOON AS THEY ARRIVE.

THEUNIVERSITY SAYS IT HASQUARANTINE SPACE READY TO GO-- AND THE DATA IT'S USING TOTRACK COVID CASES WILL HELPDEVELOP A VACCINE.

9 ON YOURSIDE'S CRAIG SMITH REPORTS.UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA'SPRESIDENT SAYS THE SCHOOL IS ONTRACK TO OPEN AUGUST24TH---AND IT'S EXPECTINGABOUT FIVE THOUSAND STUDENTSTO CHECK INTO DORMS. 27:20 WEKNOW THAT PROBABLY 200 250 AREGOING TO TEST POSITIVE ANDWE'RE GOING TO ISOLATE THEM.THEY'RE ALL ASYMPTOMATIC.

ANDWE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM OUTOF THE POPULATION AND HAVETHEM ISOLATED.

27:35 RUNS:15DOCTOR ROBBINS SAYS THEUNIVERSITY WILL HAVE ENOUGHSPACE TO ISOLATE ABOUT THREEHUNDRED STUDENTS.

IT HAS SETASIDE SPACE IN THREE OF ITS 23DORMS: BABCOCK, COCONINO ANDKAIBAB-HUACHUCA.

THEUNIVERSITY COULD BOOK HOTELSPACE IF THE NEED EXCEEDSTHAT.

HE SAYS EXTENSIVETESTING IS THE KEY TO A SAFERE- OPENING WITH A COMBINATIONOF IN- PERSON AND REMOTETEACHING AND THAT U OF A'STEST PROGRAM, PARTICULARLYANTIBODY TESTS U OF ADEVELOPED COULD HELP CREATECORONAVIRUS VACCINES.

37:05"THE VACCINE COMPANIES REALLYWANT TO PARTNER WITH USBECAUSE WE HAVE THIS DATA.

SOI THINK WE'RE, WE'RE IN ACTIVEDISCUSSIONS WITH A LOT OF THEMAJOR MANUFACTURERS OFPOTENTIAL VACCINES AND WEWOULD NOT BE IN THIS POSITIONAT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONAHAD OUR INCREDIBLE FACULTY NOTDONE ALL THIS WORK.

37:25RUNS:20 SOME FACULTY MEMBERSWORRY U OF A IS RE-OPENING TOOSOON TO BE SAFE.

DOCTORROBBINS SAYS FACULTY CAN WORKOUT ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTSOR IF THEY STILL FEEL AT RISKTHEY CAN TAKE A LEAVE OFABSENCE AND THEIR JOBS WILL BEHELD FOR THEM.

AS FOR FACULTYPLANNING TO PRESS THEIRCONCERNS BY FORMING A UNION,ROBBINS SAYS IF THEY FORM AUNION, HE'LL SUPPORT IT.

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