Dear international faculty and staff at IC and all our friends at UoE and UIUC,

A chartered plane carrying Chinese citizens from Iran landed in Lanzhou, Gansu province, on Wednesday, and all 146 repatriated passengers were placed under quarantine in the city's Lanzhou New Area after their temperatures were checked.

China Southern Airlines Flight CZ3002 departed from Teheran and landed at Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport at 2:12 pm.

A medical staff member walks a recovered patient to the bus outside the hospital in western Wuhan, Hubei province, on March 1. [Photo by Su Feng/chinadaily.com.cn]

2月17日起，国际校区春季学期开始在线授课，师生虽不能返校，但仍通过视频录播和连线的方式开始了教学工作。

今年受疫情影响，2月10号起，国际校区通过在线办公的方式开始上班。学生提前在BlackBoard平台完成了新学期的选课。一周以来，经过平台搭建，设备调试和软件培训，老师和同学们对在线教学都是蓄势待发，翘首以盼。

“同学们听得清吗？”

“老师好！”“老师好！”

In the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, a total of 36,680 confirmed COVID-19 patients were still being treated in hospitals on Friday, compared with the peak number of 38,020 on Feb. 18.

Rumors have claimed that air purifiers can help filter the novel coronavirus.

There's no requirement in product standards for air purifiers to kill viruses or other pathogenic microorganisms, according to Feng Luzhao, an analyst from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Air purifiers are used to remove pollutants from the air, he said

Therefore, air purifiers are not able to filter viruses, but it's recommended to ventilate rooms every day.

(Source: China Daily)