Covid-19: Johor’s UTHM closes down Pagoh campus for decontamination after one staff tests positive
Monday, 16 Mar 2020 08:25 AM MYTUniversiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia today announced that it was temporarily closing down the entire Pagoh campus.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia today announced that it was temporarily closing down the entire Pagoh campus, following confirmation that one of its staff at the campus tested positive for Covid-19. In an announcement released around midnight, the Johor-based UTHM said it would carry out decontamination works at all premises of the Pagoh campus in Muar from March 16 until its completion, in order to curb the spread of Covid-19 and ensure the safety of its staff and students.
“In line with that, the whole UTHM Pagoh branch campus will be closed starting from 16 March 2020 until 19 March 2020 to give space for this decontamination process to be carried out comprehensively,” said the circular dated March 16 by the university’s vice-chancellor that was posted on UTHM’s official Facebook page.
UTHM said this campus shutdown will involve all academic and non-academic staff members, except for its staff at the university’s health centre, development and maintenance office, security division and hostel.The university further said all academic and administrative staff would be allowed to work from home and would not be required to record their attendance at campus, adding that their attendance would be automatically updated by the Registrar’s Office.
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