United States President Donald Trump lashed out at Harvard University for shifting courses online due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
During a White House roundtable discussion, he called for schools and universities to reopen for the next semester.
He said Harvard University’s decision was ridiculous. “I think it’s an easy way out. And I think they ought to be ashamed of themselves,” he said.
He has made a confident decision to reopen activities even when the coronavirus continues to alarmingly infect people in the United States of America.
“Everybody wants it. The moms want it. The dads want it. The kids want it. It’s time to do it. We want to get our schools open, we want to get them open quickly, beautifully, in the fall,” he added.
Trump’s administration said that it would not allow foreign students to remain in the United States if their classes moved online amid the pandemic.
Many schools are looking at a combination of in-person and online classes but some such as Harvard have decided to completely go online for their courses.
40 percent of undergraduates of the Cambridge University would be allowed to return to campus but their instruction would be conducted remotely.
The United States is currently the hardest-hit country in the global pandemic with 1,608,359 active cases and 66,868 total deaths. 1,117,922 cases have recovered.
Source: AFP