{"id":76580,"date":"2022-02-15T14:32:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T19:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=76580"},"modified":"2024-08-29T16:42:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T20:42:15","slug":"public-health-protocols-to-remain-in-effect-at-brock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/02\/public-health-protocols-to-remain-in-effect-at-brock\/","title":{"rendered":"Public health protocols to remain in effect at Brock\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University has reviewed this week\u2019s announcement by the Province of Ontario that outlines updated pandemic management timelines.<\/p>\n<p>For the past two years, the entire Brock community has played an important role in ensuring a safe and healthy campus for teaching, learning and research activities. The protocols established by Brock University have led to a successful Fall Term and a safe return to campus this winter. Our University is well-served by these effective and sensible protocols.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s update from the province will not impact or change Brock\u2019s approach to its Winter Term. For the rest of this term, the University will continue its protocols, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/coronavirus\/covid-19-vaccination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 vaccine mandate<\/a> for anyone coming to campus.<\/li>\n<li>A COVID-19 booster vaccine requirement for those living in on-campus residences.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brock.ca1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_7TJNhzbzi0bxpNI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mandatory self-screening <\/a>for anyone coming to a Brock campus.<\/li>\n<li>A mandatory\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/01\/brock-updates-mask-requirements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">masking requirement<\/a> (medical grade masks are\u00a0<em>highly<\/em>\u00a0<em>recommended<\/em>\u00a0for students and\u00a0<em>required<\/em> for faculty and staff).<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging everyone on campus to receive a third booster dose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As always, members of the Brock community are asked to be vigilant and to self-monitor closely for COVID-19 symptoms.\u00a0<strong>If you are experiencing symptoms, please do not come to campus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Brock community has been unified in its approach as everyone works together to ensure a healthy and safe campus. By continuing with these prudent measures during the rest of the Winter Term, the well-being of students, faculty, staff and visitors will continue to be prioritized.<\/p>\n<p>Further updates on protocols for Brock Sports, food services and other areas of campus operation will be shared shortly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University has reviewed this week\u2019s announcement by the Province of Ontario that outlines updated pandemic management timelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9794,7484,3319,4052,1],"tags":[8791,11209,10513],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76580"}],"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=76580"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76584,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76580\/revisions\/76584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}