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Students living on the University of Alberta campus are being asked to move out by Tuesday after the cancellation of in-person exams due to COVID-19.

Residents were notified of the closures in an email Friday evening, giving students four days to find alternate accommodation.

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But students who can’t immediately find another place to live will be able to stay in residence, U of A vice-president of facilities and operations Andrew Sharman said in a Saturday interview with Postmedia.

“We will stay open until students don’t need us,” he said. “There are plans in place already to look after international students across the summer. With borders shutting, it would be tough to return.”

U of A’s International Students’ Association said they will continue to support students who have nowhere to go and will be working closely with residence managers.

“They have assured us that residence services will take care of international student accommodation even in these extraordinary times,” association president Chanpreet Singh said in a statement late Friday. “Residence Services are also accepting international students who are living off campus to move into residences during summer.”