WSU in lockdown: All BCM students to be confined after university Covid outbreak

At least 26 Walter Sisulu University students from four different residences and one staff member have tested positive for Covid-19 and all students at the Buffalo City campus are to go into into self isolation.

Vice Chancellor Rob Midgley on Sunday night sent a circular advising that, to protect students, staff, and Buffalo City residents and prevent the disease from spreading, all contact activity between staff and students was to be cancelled and all students were to be confined to their residences until November 8.

Midgley said the students would only be allowed to purchase groceries on Monday. Thereafter arrangements would be made for food deliveries to be made to their residences.

He added that counselling support services would be made available to students.

This comes as East London cases at the University of Fort Hare also came under the spotlight with 27 new positive coronavirus results, 25 students and two staff members, confirmed last week. The institution had 60 active cases as of last Wednesday.

This is a developing story.

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