UC Irvine extends remote instruction for two weeks

UC Irvine extends remote instruction for two weeks

UC Irvine announced Thursday evening it is extending remote instruction two weeks to Jan. 28 because of the increased spread of COVID-19. Coronavirus testing since Sunday has found there is a 13% test positivity rate among the UC Irvine community, Chancellor Howard Gillman said in a message to the UC Irvine community. Gillman called Orange County’s test positivity rate of over 25% “simply too much disease transmission both on campus and in the community to assume safe in-person interactions.”