New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that around 300 students in the State University of New York and City University of New York systems who are studying in Japan and four other countries will be recalled to the United States over growing fears of the new coronavirus.
"We're going to recall SUNY and CUNY students from study abroad programs in five countries — China, Italy, Japan, Iran, South Korea," the governor told a news conference.
They will come back on chartered planes in the coming days and spend 14 days quarantined in dormitory settings, Cuomo explained, adding that New York state will follow up with a monitoring process after the quarantine period.