The Swiss fitness government ordered the quarantine of 2500 academics at a prestigious hotel control school in the city of Lausanne after “significant outbreaks” of coronavirus are an alleged byproduct of off-campus parties.
Authorities in the canton or region of Vaud in Switzerland said that all undergraduate academics at the Lausanne Hotel School, known as Lausanne Hospitality Management University in English, had been ordered to quarantine on and off campus due to the number of COVID-19 outbreaks due. to specific closures.
The World Health Organization, the national fitness government and others have warned that young people, who tend to have milder symptoms of COVID-19 than older demographics, have been a key factor in the continued spread of the coronavirus in cities. recent weeks, specifically in Europe.
“Significant outbreaks of infection have given the impression to varying degrees of training, making it close more particularly than that involving the 2,500 academics affected,” Vaud’s regional workplace said in a statement. “Until September 28, academics will have to stay home, which for some means not leaving their accommodation on the hotel school website.
He noted that an initial investigation had shown that “one or more parties were at the source of these outbreaks of infection,” and reiterated the authorities’ call for a “responsible attitude” among revelers, for example, through masks, seeking contacts. , be attentive to symptoms and “social distance”.
School principals were taking “all measures” to ensure that categories continued online, as reported.
University spokesman Sherif Mamdouh said Thursday that the stage “is not yet ideal,” as the university had taken precautions in recent months. He said 11 academics tested positive for coronavirus and none required hospitalization.
Mamdouh said quarantine affected 2500 undergraduate academics. The university has a general enrolment of approximately 3,500 academics, adding those who study higher education. He said many academics living in dormitories on campus would be 40 years old.
Switzerland is not alone. The latest figures from the government of neighbouring France show that 22% of virus groups active in the country lately have given the impression that in schools they are universities. The United States has also noticed student-related groups.
World Health Organization spokeswoman Margaret Harris said that while it is “unfair to restrict itself to young people,” it is also not unexpected that adolescents and young adults may assume that they ‘don’t have to worry about succumbing to the virus.
“Perceptions mean they don’t feel as threatened as older groups,” Harris said, that is, after the knowledge that other young people seem to have less severe cases of COVID-19.
“The message they heard was, ‘You’re out of jail, get out and play,'” he said. “We don’t need to be the cops laughing, but we need other people to laugh safely. “