Cornell moves exams online due to 'substantial' number of suspected omicron cases
Cornell University is moving into a "level red" alert after a "significant" number of suspected omicron cases were detected among student samples.
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"While we must await confirmatory sequencing information to be sure that the source is Omicron, we are proceeding as if it is," university president Martha Pollack wrote in a letter to the community.
All final exams will be online beginning Tuesday, Pollack announced, and libraries and fitness centers are closed.
All undergraduate events are canceled, as is Saturday's recognition ceremony for December graduates, Pollack said.
Cornell has recorded more than 600 confirmed cases among students and staff in the last week alone, according to the university dashboard. While no infected students are seriously sick, Pollack said the university has "a role to play in reducing the spread."
-ABC News' Arielle Mitropoulos, Chris Donato