BALTIMORE – Johns Hopkins University, whose researchers have been at the forefront of the global response to the coronavirus, is expecting to cut salaries and furlough and lay off employees because of multimillion-dollar losses arising from the pandemic, its president has announced.

The university’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering has played a globally prominent role in tracking and modeling the spread of the virus. But the university leadership didn’t immediately disclose whether the reductions would have any impact on its data-gathering about the outbreak.

University President Ronald Daniels wrote in a letter posted online Tuesday that the school in Baltimore expects to lose more than $100 million by the end of June and as much as $375 million during the coming fiscal year. Before the outbreak, the university had projected a positive margin of $72 million this fiscal year on overall budget of $6.5 billion.

“Ever since we decided to end our on-campus instruction for undergraduates, graduate, and professional students; to suspend the lion’s share of our lab-based research program; and to halt elective medical procedures, the university has suffered a dramatic and unprecedented contraction,” Daniels wrote.

He added in his letter, “More than 1,200 employees have been rendered idle because they are unable to perform their duties. Many more are working off-site but at significantly reduced levels of productivity.”

Daniels said furloughs and layoffs within parts of the university will be and “unavoidable consequence of the losses.” The university has also imposed a hiring freeze on staff positions for the fiscal year starting July 1 as well as restrictions on hiring for academic positions.

Base salaries for faculty and staff for the same period will not increase, with no annual merit raises. Daniels said he and Provost Sunil Kumar will slash their salaries by 20% starting in July. Other deans and university officers will cut their pay by 10%.

Contributions to employees’ retirement plans will stop for one year in fiscal year 2021. The institution has also suspended new capital projects costing more than $100,000 through June of next year.

For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up within weeks. For some, it can cause more severe illness and be life-threatening.