after student diagnosed with coronavirus
March 4, 2020 | 12:12pm

Yeshiva University
Gregory P. Mango
Students at Yeshiva University’s Washington Heights campus were rattled Wednesday morning by news that an undergrad has been confirmed to have the coronavirus.

“I am a little bit worried. I’m just trying to stay off campus as much as possible,” a 23-year-old student who identified himself only as Noah told The Post.

“I’m not sure there is a plan in place, but they canceled classes today. I think it’s an appropriate precaution,” he added.

Adam Bressler, 22, a pre-med biology student, said the “story is unfolding.”

“We are getting a lot of updates. I had a midterm today but it’s been pushed until Monday,” he said.

An unidentified man is removed by EMS from a Yeshiva University residence hall.
Gregory P. Mango
Another student at the Wilf campus on West 185th Street said the dean had made an announcement that “the campus is safe and no one should be worried about transmission, but they canceled classes so no one feels uncomfortable sitting in classes.”

A fourth student said the ailing undergraduate “said he was just experiencing cold symptoms. He is a really mild case. He wanted people to focus on his father,” referring to Midtown attorney Lawrence Garbuz, 50, who is hospitalized in Manhattan.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier Wednesday announced that Garbuz’s son, 14-year-old daughter, wife and neighbor have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Yeshiva announced that it canceled all classes at the Wilf campus.

Two people who had contact with the student also were taken to Bellevue Hospital for testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement.

One male student wearing a mask and hood was seen being escorted by two EMTs in protective gear to an FDNY ambulance.

FILED UNDER CORONAVIRUS , QUARANTINES , YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
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