The mayor of Tuscaloosa announces that the city is closing bars for the next two weeks after University of Alabama officials described an “unacceptable' rise in COVID-19 cases that could derail plans to continue the semester on campus.
As the battle to reopen schools safely intensifies, there is a new warning about the possibility of contracting the coronavirus a second time.
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox announced the closures along with the end of bar service at restaurants during a news conference with campus officials. Maddox said university officials requested the action. Maddox said an unchecked spread of the virus threatens both the“The truth is that fall in Tuscaloosa is in serious jeopardy,” Maddox said.
“Although our initial re-entry test was encouraging, the rise in COVID cases that we’ve seen in recent days is unacceptable and if unchecked threatens our ability to complete the semester on campus,” University of Alabama President Stuart Bell said at the news conference. “During that time, we encountered many students who have been exposed since returning to campus, particularly in the Greek system,” Friend said.
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