{"id":9280,"date":"2023-03-02T10:23:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T13:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csfp.wp.vortexdev.com\/sainte-anne\/communications\/2023\/03\/02\/masks-are-mandatory-again-from-midnight-tonight-update-17-september\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T10:23:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T13:53:59","slug":"masks-are-mandatory-again-from-midnight-tonight-update-17-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csfp.wp.vortexdev.com\/sainte-anne\/en\/communications\/2023\/03\/02\/masks-are-mandatory-again-from-midnight-tonight-update-17-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Masks are mandatory again, from midnight tonight &#8211; update 17 September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ENGLISH FOLLOWS<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wearing a mask is mandatory again &#8211; updated September 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The province&#8217;s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, announced today, Friday, September 17, that masks in indoor public places will once again be mandatory. This measure will take effect tonight at midnight. <\/p>\n<p>The government, which is monitoring epidemiology outside the province, has seen a significant increase in Covid-19 cases. Most are due to the delta variant, which is both much more contagious and more virulent than the original strains. <\/p>\n<p>Non-medical masks are therefore required in most public places. This is the case in schools, where it is mandatory: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>for all (students and staff \u2013 including drivers) on school buses, from kindergarten to grade 12.<\/li>\n<li>for everyone (students and staff) in the hallways and common areas of the school (staff rooms, cafeterias, music rooms, study rooms).<\/li>\n<li>for all (students and staff) from grades 4 to 12, at ALL TIMES, anywhere on the school grounds, including classrooms. The only exceptions allowed:\n<ul>\n<li>in gyms during physical exercises<\/li>\n<li>during music lessons and musical activities, including wind instruments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>to all visitors, volunteers, and outside speakers at ALL TIMES.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Following these measures combined with vaccination against Covid-19 remains the safest way to protect yourself and your child from the virus. It will also help keep schools open. <\/p>\n<p>We will keep you informed in case of additional information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Masks once again mandatory \u2013 September 17th update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The province&#8217;s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, announced today, Friday, September 17, that masks will once again be mandatory in indoor public spaces in the province. The decision will take effect tonight at midnight.  <\/p>\n<p>The government, which is monitoring the epidemiology outside the province, has seen a significant increase in Covid-19 cases. Most are due to the delta variant, which is both more contagious and more virulent than the original strains. <\/p>\n<p>Therefore mask-use in schools is reintroduced for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All students and staff (K-12), including contracted bus drivers, must wear a non-medical mask while on school buses.<\/li>\n<li>All students and staff (K-12) must wear a non-medical mask in school corridors, and in all common areas within the school (e.g., staff rooms, cafeterias, music rooms, learning commons).<\/li>\n<li>All students and staff (Grades 4-12) must wear a non-medical mask AT ALL TIMES while in the school environment, including while in the classroom. The exceptions are:\n<ul>\n<li>Masking will not be required in school gymnasiums when physical activity is taking place.<\/li>\n<li>Music programs and instrumental activity, including the playing of wind instruments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>All visitors, volunteers and external presenters in schools are required to wear a non-medical mask AT ALL TIMES.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Combined with Covid-19 immunization, masking remains the most effective way to protect your child and yourself. Compliance with this measure should also help keep schools open. <\/p>\n<p>We will keep you informed should additional information come up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_______<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENGLISH FOLLOWS &nbsp; Wearing a mask is mandatory again &#8211; updated September 17 The province&#8217;s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, announced today, Friday, September 17, that masks in indoor public places will once again be mandatory. This measure will take effect tonight at midnight. The government, which is monitoring epidemiology outside the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csfp.wp.vortexdev.com\/sainte-anne\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csfp.wp.vortexdev.com\/sainte-anne\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csfp.wp.vortexdev.com\/sainte-anne\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csfp.wp.vortexdev.com\/sainte-anne\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csfp.wp.vortexdev.com\/sainte-anne\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/csfp.wp.vortexdev.com\/sainte-anne\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csfp.wp.vortexdev.com\/sainte-anne\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csfp.wp.vortexdev.com\/sainte-anne\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csfp.wp.vortexdev.com\/sainte-anne\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}