Mokpo National University Holds Emergency Response Committee Meeting for Novel Coronavirus Prevention

Mokpo National University Campus View

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Mokpo National University (President Park Min-seo) announced on the 7th that it held an emergency response committee meeting for the prevention of the novel coronavirus.

With the infectious disease alert level for the novel coronavirus infection, which recently occurred in China, being raised to "caution" and confirmed cases occurring consecutively, the university discussed whether to delay the start of the first semester, hold graduation and entrance ceremonies, and decide quarantine locations, based on the Ministry of Education guidelines, to respond quickly to the prevention of infectious diseases among university members.

As a result of the discussion, following the Ministry of Education guidelines on the 5th, it was decided to delay the start of the first semester of the 2020 academic year by two weeks to establish a stable academic operation foundation, cancel the graduation and entrance ceremonies, and have graduate students attending the master's and doctoral degrees participate in the graduation ceremony in August.

In particular, the quarantine location for Chinese international students who applied for dormitory admission and are arriving by the 29th was designated as the university's External Cooperation Hall.

President Park Min-seo said, "Our university, which is in a nationwide crisis situation, will establish a rapid and organic cooperation system with related organizations to manage not only Chinese international students but also enrolled students, with cooperation from all departments and staff within the university."

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