{"id":68465,"date":"2020-10-08T09:05:38","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T13:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=68465"},"modified":"2020-10-08T10:16:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T14:16:38","slug":"positive-case-of-covid-19-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2020\/10\/positive-case-of-covid-19-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive case of COVID-19 Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A member of the Brock community has tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Following the University protocols around positive cases, areas of campus where the individual visited have been fully cleaned and sanitized. Public Health is responsible for contact tracing and case management.<\/p>\n<p>Across Niagara, Niagara Region Public Health reported nine new cases Wednesday, bringing the total to 1,156 in the region, including 146 active cases.<\/p>\n<p>The community is reminded there continues to be transmission of the virus and there are steps each of us must take to reduce risk and slow the spread:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep two metres apart<\/li>\n<li>Avoid large crowds \u2014 limit indoor groups to 10 or fewer and outdoor gatherings to 25 or fewer<\/li>\n<li>Wear a mask \u2014 non-medical face coverings are required when indoors on campus and in all situations where physical distancing is not possible<\/li>\n<li>Stay home if you are sick or feeling unwell<\/li>\n<li>Wash your hands frequently<\/li>\n<li>Download the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock Safety App<\/a>\u00a0and use the pre-screening tool before arriving at a campus entry point<\/li>\n<li>Download the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-health\/services\/diseases\/coronavirus-disease-covid-19\/covid-alert.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Government of Canada\u2019s COVID Alert app<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Minimize your contact with other people \u2014 stick to interaction with people you live with and your family<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A member of the Brock community has tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[8791],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68465"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68468,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68465\/revisions\/68468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}