Students at Arizona State University are demanding the cancellation of classes after the nation’s fifth and most recent case of the novel coronavirus was confirmed in Arizona. The patient involved in the fifth case is a part of the ASU community, according to a news release from the school. “The students of ASU do not feel comfortable attending classes due to the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus,” the petition, which had more than 21,000 signatures as of this writing, begins. SOCIAL MEDIA-FUELED CORONAVIRUS RUMOR AT USC PROMPTS RESPONSE FROM SCHOOLASU Provost Mark Searle on Monday said the school would not cancel classes. The university remains open and classes are not canceled," Searle wrote in an email to the ASU community, according to AZ Central.

Source: Fox News January 29, 2020 19:52 UTC