One student says one of his classes has about 150 students and he counted only three wearing masks. He tested positive on Tuesday.
How many have tested positive remains unclear as Ottawa Public Health does not track COVID-19 numbers from schools, including post-secondary institutions, but social media has exploded with reports of infected students and calls for classes to be available online so sick students don’t feel they should attend classes in person.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Some students feel pressure to be on campus even when they’re sick because they can’t watch classes online and they’re under financial pressure to do well, Singh said. Tuition has increased by five per cent this year for out-of-province students and by seven per cent for international students, he added.
The Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa has heard concern from its members about the lack of communication regarding safety plans for the return to campus.Article content Epidemiologist Raywat Deonandan, an associate professor in interdisciplinary health sciences at the university, feels it’s a mistake not to mandate masks on campus at this time.“We have high rates of transmission, a removal of restrictions in other parts of society and slow uptake of vaccine boosters. COVID-related hospital usage remains high, so it’s irresponsible to be contributing to the strain on the health-care system when a simple, safe police choice like masking can reduce that strain.
This is happening as vaccine mandates have been discontinued, so the responsible thing would be to take the burden off individual staff members and make it a campus-wide policy, he said. “The university has taken various steps to limit and monitor the spread of COVID-19. These include improving ventilation systems, more frequent cleaning, and regular testing of wastewater on campus,” a spokesperson said.
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