We are sharing new travel restrictions and guidance for students, faculty and staff so that we all can take responsible, proactive steps to help protect members of our campus community and mitigate the potential impact to our campus.
UNC-Chapel Hill is expanding its travel restrictions on nonessential University-affiliated travel to Italy, including the cancellation of all spring 2020 semester study abroad programs in Italy. Travel restrictions are now in place for China, South Korea and Italy.
UNC-Chapel Hill is expanding its travel restrictions on nonessential University-affiliated travel to South Korea, including the cancellation of all spring 2020 semester study abroad programs in South Korea.
The University continues to monitor the spread of COVID-19. Right now, there are no confirmed cases on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus or in North Carolina, and no member of the Carolina Community abroad has contracted the virus.
Due to the outbreak of a respiratory infection that is caused by a novel coronavirus which first emerged in the city of Wuhan in the Hubei Province of China, nonessential University-affiliated travel to China is not permitted at this time.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has reported an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus that was first detected in Wuhan City, China, and continues to expand. We are not aware of any confirmed cases on our campus at this time.
