UB announces health guidelines for new academic year

UB announces health guidelines for new academic year

All University at Buffalo students, faculty and staff received a set of guidelines Wednesday to ensure their safety as the university prepares for fall classes August 31.

GOOD EVENING ONCEAGAIN...I'M KEITH RADFORD..WE ARE LESS THANTWO MONTHS AWAYFROM THE FIRST DAYOF THE FALLSEMESTER AT MANYLOCAL COLLEGES..TODAY UB WALKED USTHROUGH IT'S PLANFOR A SOCIALLYDISTANT CLASS ROOM.AND WHAT THE ACTIONPLAN WILL BE ASSCHOOL GETS READYTO RAMP UP AGAINEYEWITNESS NEWS ISKEEPING ITS EYE ONEDUCATION AS WECONTINUE TOREBOUND FROM THEPANDEMIC..REPORTER ALAERREBHI ..IS ON THESTORY TONIGHTTRT = 1:45,CUTLINE: UBANNOUNCES HEALTHGUIDELINES FOR NEWACADEMIC YEAROUTCUE: STANDARD.PKG:A NEW ACADEMICYEAR AT UB COMESWITH NEW HEALTHGUIDELINES...ANDTHEY ALL BEGIN WITHA QUARANTINE.ALL STUDENTS,FACULTY AND STAFFWILL HAVE TOQUARANTINE FOR AWEEK BEFORECLASSES BEGIN IN THEFALL."WE'RE IMPLEMENTINGA PRECAUTIONARY 7DAY QUARANTINE FORINDIVIDUALS WHO ARECOMING TO ONE OFOUR CAMPUSES,"ANYONE RETURNINGTO CAMPUS FROM ASTATE OR COUNTRYWITH A HIGH NUMBERSOF COVID-19 CASESMUST QUARANTINEFOR 14 DAYS.THE UNIVERSITY WILLOFFER BOTH REMOTEAND IN-PERSONINSTRUCTION, ANDCLASSROOMS WILLONLY HAVE A 25%CAPACITY.RESIDENCE HALLSWILL ALSO HAVE AREDUCTION INCAPACITY.STANDUP: "UB HASSHARED A NUMBER OFGUIDELINES WITHFACULTY, STUDENTSAND STAFF FOR THEBEGINNING OF THENEW ACADEMIC YEAR,ONE OF THEM ISWEARING A MASK ATALL TIMES.""WHILE ON ANY OFOUR CAMPUSES, ANDTHAT INCLUDES BOTHBEING INDOORS ANDOUTDOORS.

INADDITION TO FACEMASKS, IT'S ALSOMANDATORY FORPHYSICAL OR SOCIALDISTANCING,""FACE MASKS,PHYSICAL DISTANCING,HAND HYGIENE AND IFYOU'RE ILL - ISOLATINGYOURSELF, ARE THEONLY MEASURESRIGHT NOW THATCOULD REALLY STEMTHE TIDE OF THISPANDEMIC.

WHENEVERYONE WEARS AMASK, WE'REPROTECTING EACHOTHER, IT'S REALLYNOT ALL ABOUT YOUAS AN INDIVIDUAL."THERE WILL ALSO BEDAILY SCREENINGSFOR SYMPTOMS OFCOVID-19 FORSTUDENTS, FACULTY,STAFF ANDSCHEDULED VISITORS.THE UNIVERSITY WILLPROVIDE ONEREUSABLE FACECOVERING TO EACHSTUDENT, FACULTYAND STAFF MEMBERAT NO COST.ADDITIONAL FACECOVERINGS CAN BEPURCHASED ONCAMPUS.THE FALL SEMESTERWILL BEGIN ONAUGUST 31.

ALLINSTRUCTION AFTERFALL RECESS - WHICHSTARTS ONNOVEMBER 25 - WILLSHIFT TO DISTANCELEARNING.IN BUFFALO, I'M ALAERREBHI, 7 EWN.