Some New York schools are closing due to COVID-19 outbreak

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Most ofschools were closed in the New York and New Jersey area in response to thecoronavirusoutbreakinthe U.S.

Classes at Columbia University in the New York were suspended on Monday and Tuesday.

The schools will allow students to prepare to shift to remote classesfor the rest of the week.

CGTN talked to some students at ColumbiaUniversityand got their reaction to classes being canceled because of COVID-19.