{"id":75937,"date":"2022-01-10T18:11:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=75937"},"modified":"2022-01-11T16:32:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T21:32:39","slug":"brock-to-host-rapid-antigen-test-distribution-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/01\/brock-to-host-rapid-antigen-test-distribution-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock to host rapid antigen test distribution clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>*Note: Due to significant demand for the test kits, all available pickup appointments for this week&#8217;s clinics have now been booked.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brock students, faculty, staff and the wider community will be able to get free antigen test kits this week at the University\u2019s main campus.<\/p>\n<p>The Government of Ontario is hosting a pop-up clinic inside Brock\u2019s Ian Beddis Gymnasium to distribute the rapid antigen test kits from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 13 and Friday, Jan. 14.<\/p>\n<p>There will be 1,000 kits (each containing five tests) available for pickup each day, with one kit available per household. The clinic will be appointment-based and a 15-minute pickup time slot must be booked in advance by going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/pop-up-holiday-schedule-rapid-antigen-tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the province\u2019s rapid antigen test pop-up booking website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Parking for the pickup clinic will be free and located in Lot P, located next to Brock\u2019s Alumni Field. Overflow parking will be in Lot B (next to the Lowenberger Residence). Public transit is available and will drop visitors off in front of the Rankin Family Pavilion, where signage will direct them to the clinic entrance.<\/p>\n<p>If you plan to access the free antigen tests at the Brock pop-up clinic, please remember:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pre-register on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/pop-up-holiday-schedule-rapid-antigen-tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">government test pickup booking site.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wear a face covering and follow public health measures on site at all times.<\/li>\n<li>Bring assistive or accessibility devices if you need them.<\/li>\n<li>Dress for the weather as you may need to stand outdoors.<\/li>\n<li>Do not visit the pop-up site if you have any symptoms of, or have been exposed to,\u00a0COVID-19. Instead, visit a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid-19.ontario.ca\/assessment-centre-locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">designated testing location.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bring identification showing home address as there is a one kit per household limit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-10-at-6.10.27-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75940 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-10-at-6.10.27-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1351\" height=\"877\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock students, faculty, staff and the wider community will be able to get free antigen test kits this week at the University\u2019s main campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9794,1],"tags":[8791,11073],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75937"}],"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=75937"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75946,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75937\/revisions\/75946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}