{"id":68539,"date":"2020-10-12T08:40:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T12:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=68539"},"modified":"2020-10-12T08:40:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T12:40:34","slug":"new-covid-19-positive-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2020\/10\/new-covid-19-positive-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"New COVID-19 positive cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two members of the Brock community have tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>In one case, the person hasn\u2019t been on campus since Friday, Oct. 2. In the other, the person was last on campus on Monday, Oct. 5.<\/p>\n<p>The University\u2019s protocols have been followed and areas of campus where the individuals visited have been cleaned and sanitized. Public Health is responsible for contact tracing and case management.<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/apps\/\">Brock Safety App<\/a> and use the pre-screening tool before arriving at a campus entry point<\/li>\n<li>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-health\/services\/diseases\/coronavirus-disease-covid-19\/covid-alert.html\">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>Two members of the Brock community have 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\/68539"}],"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=68539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68540,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68539\/revisions\/68540"}],"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=68539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}