GEORGE TOWN: All students from Sabah and other Covid-19 red zone states have been told to put on hold their return to Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) due to the limited quarantine accommodation in its campus.
The students have been told to follow classes online instead.
As for new students, with the exception from Sabah and Covid-19 red zone states, new undergraduates can register themselves from Oct 2 to Oct 4, through drive-thru, while those from Sabah and Covid-19 red zone states could register themselves online on Oct 5 at pohon.usm.my (http://pohon.usm.my/) or the Hebat@USM application for Android users.
"All students must adhere to the administrative guidelines and standard operating procedure (SOP) set by the university," USM said in an official statement on its Facebook page this afternoon.
The university said returning students, except from Sabah and Covid-19 red zone state, could register for courses online according to the schedule set, and be in campus from Oct 9.
"All students have to make a health declaration three days before entering campus.
"Only parents and their children will be allowed to enter the premises in registered vehicles on a drive-thru basis. And only students are allowed to alight from their vehicles with their belongings while their parents are not allowed to alight from their vehicles.
"The students will then undergo Covid-19 screening, and those with symptoms will be asked to undergo screening at USM's Pusat Sejahtera/health clinic. For students with confirmed Covid-19 infection, they will be quarantined in the campus," it added.
The university also said that students from Sabah and Covid-19 red zone states would only be allowed into campus when the National Security Council (NSC) and the Health Ministry made an official announcement on the status of the affected areas.