Cal State Long Beach Could Discipline Students If They Break Quarantine

—Gazette file photo On-campus students at Cal State Long Beach must heed quarantine orders or they could face disciplinary action, a university official said Sunday, a day after the quarantine went into effect after five students tested positive for COVID-19. The two-week quarantine for 328 students living at the campus residence halls began on Saturday, Sept. 26, following a handful of students testing positive for the virus. All in-person instruction was also on pause for two weeks, Cal State Long Beach officials said. The five students attended an off-campus social gathering earlier this month that went against school guidelines, according to university officials. Four of them live in the residence halls. 300×250 image ad “We are still conducting testing and contact tracing,” Jeff Cook, chief communications officer at the university, said in a Sunday afternoon email. “(Monday) is the day we are offering on-campus testing to our residential students.” School officials also plan to review the number of employees who were on campus and will offer tests to those who need them. University officials said they learned of the gathering on Friday evening, but did not disclose further details about it. University officials said they plan to test everyone […]

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