Coronavirus concerns are increasing in Nashville after a Vanderbilt student tested positive for the disease today.
Vandy is cancelling classes for the remainder of the week:
Due to new information received March 9, and based on our desire to protect the health and safety of our community from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the university is cancelling classes for the remainder of this week.
— Vanderbilt University (@VanderbiltU) March 10, 2020
Here are more details on the student, who recently returned from a trip to Spain:
Junior Max Schulman tested positive for coronavirus after visiting Barcelona over spring break. He learned of his positive result March 9 around 12:30 p.m., after the test was administered Sunday March 8. Schulman returned to his home in Plainview, New York, Sunday March 7 at 1:30 p.m. Schulman is the editorial director of The Hustler.
He reported that he was feeling slightly sick when he left Barcelona and started to feel worse, “slightly delirious,” on his flight home. At home, Schulman tried to sleep it off, but overnight his temperature spiked to 102.7 F, and his dad brought him to Northwell Health Plainview Hospital. He reported his symptoms and travel to the CDC and the New York Department of Health.
At the hospital, doctors ran tests for conditions including COVID-19, and he went home until results came back. He went into self-isolation at his house in Plainview, reporting no symptoms besides fever and general malaise.
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The Southeastern Conference gave this update today on the upcoming men’s basketball tournament in Nashville:
The SEC continues to monitor developments associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) and has not modified the schedule of events related to our men’s basketball tournament in Nashville. At this time our focus and expectation is to play the tournament as scheduled. Local authorities have confirmed this approach is consistent with current public health recommendations. We remain alert to any circumstances that could warrant adjustments for the health and well-being of our student-athletes, fans and other participants. We are in continued communication with public health officials and remind everyone to be attentive to everyday preventive actions identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov).
At this time, the SEC plans to implement the following health precautions at Bridgestone Arena, most of which were also applied during the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville last week. Similar preventive measures will be taken at the SEC Gymnastics Championship March 21 in Duluth, Georgia:
Additional hand sanitizers will be present at arena entrances and throughout concourse and in meeting rooms;
Use of hospital grade disinfectant to sanitize locker rooms before teams arrive and upon departure;
Sanitization of game balls with hospital grade disinfectant after each practice and game;
Sanitization of team benches plus band and cheerleader seating areas following each game;
Hand sanitizers, disinfectant wipes and Lysol spray in team locker rooms;
Hand sanitizers at scorer’s table, in officials’ locker rooms and operations offices;
Signage throughout concourse to provide CDC preventive action recommendations
