Columbia Public Schools (CPS) won’t be in session tomorrow and won’t reopen until April 13 at the earliest; however, this 26-day cancellation may change depending on future events relating to the coronavirus (COVID-19), CPS Superintendent Dr. Peter Stiepleman said in an email to faculty and staff members yesterday. 

As COVID-19 spreads across the world, researchers and students in Columbia express their concerns and share information about the pandemic.

Surgeon general Jerome M. Adams said on Feb. 29 face masks are not effective in preventing the general public from catching the coronavirus. “If health care providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk!” he said in a tweet.