CALIFORNIA – With fears of the coronavirus escalating major universities in California are switching to remote learning.

With the rising number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Los Angeles County, educators are working to prevent the infection from spreading on school campuses.

Cal State Long Beach is suspending in-person classes on campus temporarily amid COVID-19 concerns. While there are no confirmed cases at CSULB the decision was made as a preventative measure. The library and Horn Center will stay open for students. 

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The University of Southern California will conduct lectures and seminars online starting on Wednesday. USC has not reported any coronavirus cases, but the university will test its ability to conduct classes outside of the classroom as a precaution.

Pepperdine University announced that the school will transition to an online format for the rest of the semester. The last day of in-person classes will be on Friday, March 13.

The Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner said as a cautionary measure all schools will be required to cancel “district-sponsored out-of-state travel.” 

At this time 10 Cal State Long Beach students are in self-quarantine after they attended an event in Washington D.C. where three attendees tested positive for COVID-19. The most recent cases in LA County announced by the Public Health Department was of a person who was in Washington D.C. and was exposed to an infected person.

Stanford has canceled in-person classes for this week. The school's clinical lab is looking into the causes of the coronavirus.

Northern California’s largest school district canceled all classes and student-related activities. The Elk Grove Unified School District will remain shut down through Friday.

COVID-19 has been officially declared a pandemic, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday.

For the latest updates go to: coronavirus.gov