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‘It’s really frustrating’: Ontario Tech nursing student pushes for lab use amid pandemic
Ontario Tech professor says far-UVC light could curtail COVID-19 transmission Lori Livingston, Ontario Tech provost and vice-president academic, says the university made the decision to restrict lab access because the majority of its students commute from out of town and could pose a higher risk when it comes to virus transmission.“If we were to bring the students, the staff and the faculty, and there was a case identified, that would actually shut down all of our instruction for all of our students for a two-week period,” Livingston said.“It’s just, from our perspective, too risky.”Pegg says since students have been learning from home, they’ve been instructed to purchase printable cut-outs from a children’s education website.