Chinese authorities have decided to postpone the new semester of several universities including Southwest University. In a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador recently, Health Secretary Preeti Sudan had raised the issue of students who had returned from China and were being asked by their universities to join back or lose their admission.
Chinese Embassy has informed Union Health ministry that the State Council of
China has decided to postpone the new semester of universities in the wake of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The students will be notified by their respective universities.
Several students who had returned from China after the epidemic had approached the health ministry saying their universities were asking them to join back or they would lose their admission.