開學僅一周，美國高校疫情加劇

美國高校秋季學期可謂是一波三折，先是川普政府頒布美國移民局新政規定「留學生不能在美國只上網課」，而後迫於強大輿論壓力，美國政策劇情反轉，川普政府取消了要求外籍留學生離境的籤證規定。

8月份，美國高校在政府主導下陸續開學，但校園內的疫情成為美國疫情防控挑戰。大量學生新冠病毒檢測結果呈陽性，越來越多的美國大學正在努力應對這一難題以此確保校園安全。美國高校疫情復燃，使得原本已準備秋季開學的一些大學取消了重新開學的計劃。

More U.S. colleges were grappling with high numbers of students testing positive for the coronavirus just days into the start of the fall semester after some universities rolled back their campus reopening plans in recent weeks.

美國阿拉巴馬大學(University of Alabama)周一報告稱，自8月19日開學以來，僅開課一周，學校就已經出現了超過550例新冠肺炎確診病例，其傳播速度到了令人無法接受的程度。大多數感染者是塔斯卡盧薩大學主校區的學生、教師和工作人員。

此外，該校負責傳播事務的副校長凱萊·賴因哈特（Kellee Reinhart）在一封電子郵件中告訴路透社：「許多新冠病毒檢測結果呈陽性的學生已經選擇回家隔離了。」

塔斯卡盧薩市長周一以校園新冠病毒病例「急劇增加」為由，發布了一項行政命令，下令酒吧停業14天，並對其他場所實施限制。

The University of Alabama on Monday reported more than 550 people across its campuses had tested positive for COVID-19 since it resumed in-person classes on August 19. Most of those infected were students, faculty and staff at the university&34;Many students who tested positive for COVID-19 have chosen to go home to isolate,&39;s vice chancellor for communications, told Reuters in an email.

Citing a &34; in coronavirus cases on campus, the mayor of Tuscaloosa issued an executive order on Monday ordering bars to shut down for 14 days and placing restrictions on other establishments.

目前已有24個州的高校報告了相關疫情。美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）報導，專家稱，高校新冠病例激增主要是因為很多學生參加聚會沒有保持社交距離，也未佩戴口罩。

面對迅速擴散的疫情，多所高校再次改上網課。

8月17日，南加州大學表示，由於住在校外宿舍的學生中暴發新冠肺炎疫情，該校有100多名學生被隔離14天，並宣布把課程轉為線上授課。

此外，由於發生多起聚集性感染事件，北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校已經取消了課堂教學。

Alabama is not alone in scrambling to deal with COVID-19 college outbreaks.

The University of Southern California (USC), which resumed education almost entirely online on August 17, on Monday said that more than 100 students at the University Park Campus in Los Angeles were in a 14-day quarantine after exposure to the virus.

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Last week, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill canceled in-class instruction after positive cases of COVID-19 shot up dramatically.

泛美衛生組織(PAHO)的數據顯示，疫情在美洲的傳播主要是由年輕人推動的，在過去六周時間裡，美洲的死亡人數和新增病例數量都翻了一倍。

美國約翰斯·霍普金斯大學的統計數據顯示，截至北京時間8月26日16時，美國新冠肺炎確診病例累計達到 5,779,371例，死亡病例達到178,524例。

According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), young people are driving the spread of the coronavirus in the Americas, considering that both deaths and caseloads have doubled in the region over the past six weeks.