Two COVID-19 Cases on Campus
/On Tuesday January 5th Dr. Andrew Hakin, President and Vice-Chancellor of Saint Francis Xavier University sent out an email to the StFX community to announce that there is now a positive covid-19 case on campus. The student arrived on January 3rd and had been isolating in residence.
A second email was sent out on January 9th to notify the StFX community of a second positive case. This student arrived to campus on January 5th had been isolating in residence since their arrival. Dr. Hakin wrote that the two cases appear to be unrelated. The Public Health Centre is working on contact tracing and the university has made the decision to even reach out to those considered a low-risk contact.
Both cases are said to now be following the COVID-19 protocol in place by the university. Inside the Protocols for Isolation Handbook provided by the university to ensure a safe arrival back to campus explains that if a positive test result occurs that Public Health will take the appropriate steps to contact the student and start contact tracing, then the student will remain in the same location they are isolating in unless they share a campus apartment or bathroom. The university has set aside rooms in AC, Governor’s Hall, and International House.Individuals who test positive will have regular phone or email support from Public Health or a Health and Counselling Nurse to assess the student’s condition.
Students are being asked to monitor their symptoms, and to get a COVID-19 test on day 6,7, or 8 of their isolation as they return from New Brunswick and outside of Atlantic Canada. Dr. Hakin in his emails to the StFX community reminds students that if they think they have symptoms you are to do a COVID-19 self-assessment or call 811 and those students who are sent for testing are to email Isolate@stfx.ca.
