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.
