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The University of Windsor reminds students, faculty, staff and visitors that anyone feeling ill must not attend campus. With cases of respiratory illnesses (COVID-19, influenza, RSV) rising throughout the province, we ask our campus community to stay home when feeling sick.
This includes instances where you may have symptoms which resemble COVID-19, yet receive a negative result from a COVID-19 rapid test. Please, stay home until symptoms have resolved. While potentially not COVID-19 (or a false negative), the illness could be influenza (flu) which is noted by Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore to be "particularly virulent."
We appreciate that students, faculty and staff may wish to "power through" illness and attend campus to see to their studies or work. If you are feeling unwell, please, stay home. While an individual's particular illness may be deemed manageable, that may not be the case for others to whom the illness could be transmitted.
Illness Reporting
Illness must be reported by emailing covid19reporting@uwindsor.ca. This includes reporting the following:
- COVID-19 positive test
- presumed COVID-19 positive based on symptoms
- flu-like symptoms
Stay home and follow the instructions which will be emailed back to you from the covid19reporting@uwindsor.ca email address.
Academic Accommodations
Provisions remain in place for students to self-report through UWinsite Student any illness that will prevent them from attending in-person instruction, completing an assessment on-time or taking an exam for a specific course. For detailed instructions, see the following knowledge base article at ask.uwindsor.ca. Students are asked to communicate with their instructors as well.
We ask that students and faculty respect this process built upon a desire to keep the campus community healthy and well.
Faculty & Staff: Notify your Supervisor
Employees are reminded that they must forward a copy of the reply email received from covid19reporting@uwindsor.ca to their Supervisor and notify them of any absence.
Mask up!
Students, faculty and staff are reminded to continue to comply with the COVID-19 Mask Policy to the fullest extent possible. Masks must be worn indoors whenever physical distancing of two metres / six feet (2m/6ft.) is not possible. However, wearing masks when indoors regardless of physical distancing is also strongly recommended.
Vaccination Reminder
Flu shots are available through primary care providers and vaccination clinics. COVID-19 bivalent boosters are also available. Visit wevax.ca for eligibility information and to book an appointment.
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