{"id":81803,"date":"2022-04-14T16:30:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=81803"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:20","slug":"covid-19-mask-policy-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2022\/covid-19-mask-policy-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Mask Policy Remains in Place Until Further Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        COVID-19 Mask Policy Remains in Place Until Further Notice\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Key Messages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>杏吧原创 will maintain its mask policy until further notice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>杏吧原创 will be suspending vaccination requirements starting May 1, 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We strongly recommend all individuals are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including receiving booster doses as soon as eligible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To all members of the 杏吧原创 community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several weeks ago, 杏吧原创 announced that if the pandemic continued to recede, our mask mandate would be suspended as of May 1. Unfortunately, a sixth wave is now driving up the monitoring indicators of COVID-19 in Ottawa. Accordingly, on the recommendation of Ottawa Public Health,&nbsp;<strong>杏吧原创 will be maintaining the mandatory&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/covid19\/policies-and-protocols\/mask-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><strong>COVID-19 Mask Policy<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;until further notice.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The policy requires masks to be worn in all university buildings, including offices, classrooms and labs. Members of the 杏吧原创 community must continue to wear a three-layer mask that completely and comfortably covers the nose, mouth and chin without gaps and does not allow air to escape from the edges. Masks are available to faculty and staff through their departments\/units in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/procurement\/eshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">eShop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As previously announced, 杏吧原创 will be suspending its vaccination requirements for participation in in-person 杏吧原创 activities beginning May 1, 2022. In line with Public Health advice,&nbsp;<strong>we continue to strongly recommend that all members of the 杏吧原创 community get a full course of vaccination, including booster doses as soon as they are eligible, and submit their booster dose information in&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/covid19\/cuscreen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\"><strong>cuScreen<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;as soon as possible.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As has been the case throughout the pandemic, the evolution of the virus and public health conditions are difficult to predict. We will continue to adjust our plans as required by these evolving conditions to ensure everyone\u2019s health and safety and to comply with public health advice or any applicable legal requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any questions you may have that are not answered by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/lists.carleton.ca\/t\/500927\/5617\/9751\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">杏吧原创&#8217;s COVID-19 information website<\/a>&nbsp;and its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/covid19\/faq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">FAQ section<\/a>&nbsp;should be forwarded to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:covidinfo@carleton.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\">covidinfo@carleton.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue to respond to changing conditions in real-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suzanne Blanchard<br>\nCOVID-19 Lead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Messages: To all members of the 杏吧原创 community, Several weeks ago, 杏吧原创 announced that if the pandemic continued to recede, our mask mandate would be suspended as of May 1. Unfortunately, a sixth wave is now driving up the monitoring indicators of COVID-19 in Ottawa. Accordingly, on the recommendation of Ottawa Public Health,&nbsp;杏吧原创 will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":80317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1632],"tags":[1633],"class_list":["post-81803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coronavirus","tag-coronavirus"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81803"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81806,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81803\/revisions\/81806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}