Visiting Yale Professor, 2 Students Test Positive For Coronavirus

NEW HAVEN, CT — A visiting professor from New York City who gave a lecture to a class at Yale University later tested positive for COVID-19, according to The New Haven Register. Two students who attended the class also tested positive.

No other students in the class of fewer than 20 tested positive. A Yale official told The Register that the university acted quickly to isolate infected individuals and conduct contact tracing.

Yale has had 16 COVID-19 cases since Aug. 1.