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Universities across Alberta suspended classes Friday in response to the COVID-19 threat and the University of Calgary says it will now revert to online instruction.

That decision came Friday even as provincial health authorities said they wouldn’t direct schools and universities to suspend regular classes.

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The University of Calgary said its campus would remain open Friday, with all staff at work, although classes were cancelled for the day and that they would proceed with remote instruction on Monday.

“The University of Calgary will move to alternate forms of course delivery until the COVID-19 situation has stabilized,” the university’s website said Friday.

The University of Alberta and University of Lethbridge, which also have classes with 250 or more students, also suspended classes Friday but hadn’t yet moved to call off in-person lectures for next week.

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