BROCKPORT, N.Y.- The State University of New York College at Brockport near Rochester is one of two state colleges that have been designated as sites for SUNY students statewide who need to be quarantined due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to state officials.

Brockport and SUNY at Stony Brook on Long Island are taking in students who need to undergo a 14-day quarantine, according to officials at both colleges and a spokesman for Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

SUNY Brockport is housing 32 students who returned from studying abroad - 18 who were in Italy and another 14 who were studying in Japan and South Korea, according to Brockport officials.

Stony Brook has 26 students in quarantine: 22 from Italy and another four from South Korea, according to Stony Brook officials.

About 300 SUNY and CUNY students and faculty recently returned on chartered flight from programs overseas due to the outbreak.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and college officials last week suspended study abroad programs in China, Italy, Japan, Iran and South Korea due to growing concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus.

SUNY Brockport officials, on their web site, said the campus was selected because it one of the few state colleges with vacant dorms. Students quarantined have WiFi access, separate living quarters and food provided to them.

SUNY Stony Brook also is providing information on the quarantine on its web site.

Officials at both colleges stress the quarantines are precautionary and none of the students are showing any symptoms of coronavirus.

Two area private colleges – Cornell and Syracuse University – took a different approach for its students returning from study abroad programs that closed. Both colleges asked students who to quarantine at home before returning to campus.

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