{"id":75615,"date":"2021-12-13T17:18:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=75615"},"modified":"2021-12-20T19:44:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T00:44:01","slug":"brock-community-reminded-to-stay-safe-follow-public-health-guidelines-avoid-travel-as-holidays-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2021\/12\/brock-community-reminded-to-stay-safe-follow-public-health-guidelines-avoid-travel-as-holidays-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock community reminded to stay safe, follow public health guidelines, avoid travel as holidays approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As it continues to prepare for a safe start to the Winter Term on Monday, Jan. 10, Brock University is monitoring developments related to the omicron variant of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 80 per cent of courses will have some component of in-person learning in the Winter Term. Campus facilities such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/recreation\/wsc-pre-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walker Sports Complex<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/dining-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dining areas<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock University Library<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/residence\/apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">residences<\/a> will continue to be open.<\/p>\n<p>Brock\u2019s vaccine mandate remains in effect. Any student currently registered for campus classes for the Winter Term must <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/coronavirus\/covid-19-vaccination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">submit proof of full vaccination<\/a> by Friday, Dec. 10 (if they haven\u2019t previously done so). Failure to do so will result in de-registration.<\/p>\n<p>Brock encourages everyone to continue practising public health measures implemented to stop the spread of the virus. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brock.ca1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_7TJNhzbzi0bxpNI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mandatory screening for symptoms<\/a> before arrival on campus<\/li>\n<li>Staying home if you are feeling unwell<\/li>\n<li>Wearing a mask any time you are indoors<\/li>\n<li>Washing your hands frequently<\/li>\n<li>Abiding by applicable capacity limits and physical distancing guidelines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additionally, members of the Brock community are encouraged to avoid travel \u2014 especially to areas with higher rates of COVID-19 infection \u2014 over the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Those who must make an essential trip outside of Canada should check the current travel restrictions and entry\/exit requirements of Canada and the country being visited. Consult the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/travel.gc.ca\/travel-covid\/travel-restrictions\/covid-vaccinated-travellers-entering-canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Government of Canada\u00a0website<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n<p>All international students must register their travel and quarantine information with Brock International Services regardless of vaccine status. See <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/international\/current\/international-services\/travelrequirements\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Brock%20International%20Bulletin%20%20October%2031st&amp;utm_content=Brock%20International%20Bulletin%20%20October%2031st+CID_e5d326acb7c9e1d70ef5f4b9dd9e6d44&amp;utm_source=CM%20International&amp;utm_term=Brocks%20Travel%20Requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock&#8217;s International Student Travel Requirements<\/a>\u00a0for more.<\/p>\n<p>Vaccination information \u2014 including details on third doses or booster doses \u2014 is available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niagararegion.ca\/health\/covid-19\/vaccination\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Niagara Region Public Health<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamilton.ca\/coronavirus\/covid-19-vaccination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hamilton Public Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it continues to prepare for a safe start to the Winter Term on Monday, Jan. 10, Brock University is monitoring developments related to the omicron variant of COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,4],"tags":[159,8791,1524],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75615"}],"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=75615"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75660,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75615\/revisions\/75660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}