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Report: University of Akron preparing for hospital workers to stay in dorms

Posted at 8:12 AM, Apr 05, 2020
and last updated 2020-04-05 08:12:13-04

AKRON, Ohio — The University of Akron is getting dorms ready for the possibility that hospital workers may stay there, according to News 5's media partners at the Akron Beacon Journal.

Students have been moving out of the dorms since March 18.

The university is having the rooms cleaned and disinfected in preparation for the possibility a local hospital will need them, according to Director of Operations Nathan Mortimer.

The University of Akron is within walking distance of three hospitals in the city.

To read the Akron Beacon Journal's full story, click here.

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