Morehouse College announced Friday that it has canceled this year’s homecoming festivities due to a surge of COVID-19.
Events were scheduled to occur Oct. 10-17. They will not be rescheduled. However, the Oct. 16 football game against Fort Valley State University will still be played but without the “homecoming” designation and with fewer tickets available to the game to implement social distancing.
University officials said they made the decision this week as Georgia broke the record for COVID-19 hospitalizations.
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