With the summer season gradually fading out of our life, schools and universities are preparing to open. While China (overcome) the worst of this wave of the pandemic (大流行) so far, and most schools are fully prepared (open) with in-person classes, Canada is still facing new cases here and there every day. Most of the schools are planning to deliver both (limit) in-person classes and online classes.
There are quite a few challenges for universities when making residence(policy) in the midst of COVID-19. Limitingnumber of people, I think, is undoubtedly the most important one This means the social life of students will be (strong) affected. For example, the orientation sessions (迎新会),normally take place during the first few weeks of school and include hundreds of students getting together to visit the campus, socialize and play games, have to be cancelled and done onlinein a completely different way.
Moreover, many schools are putting more staff in their mental health centers. Statistics show that the number of students who suffer from psychological illness like(depress) and stress has increasedthe start of the pandemic.
