{"id":8240,"date":"2023-02-06T12:02:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/2023\/02\/06\/help-prevent-the-spread-of-respiratory-illnesses\/"},"modified":"2023-02-06T12:02:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:02:26","slug":"help-prevent-the-spread-of-respiratory-illnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/2023\/02\/06\/help-prevent-the-spread-of-respiratory-illnesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Prevent the Spread of Respiratory Illnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While rates of respiratory viruses are on the decline, the season is far from over. To help keep each other healthy, we have a reminder from Region of Waterloo Public Health regarding what to do if you are sick with a respiratory illness.<\/p>\n<h2>Please Stay Home If You Are Sick<\/h2>\n<p>If you are sick, please stay home to prevent transmission to others, except to seek testing or medical care if required.<\/p>\n<p>You should stay home until<strong> all<\/strong> of the following apply to you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>your symptoms have been improving for at least 24 hours (or 48 hours if you had nausea, vomiting and\/or diarrhea)<\/li>\n<li>you do not have a fever<\/li>\n<li>you do not develop any additional symptoms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We recommend you continue to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/covid-19.ontario.ca\/school-screening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ontario School Screener<\/a> each day prior to attending school or the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>When your symptoms are improving and you are no longer isolating at home, doing the following can provide extra protection against the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses circulating in the community.<\/p>\n<p>For <strong>10 days<\/strong> after your symptoms started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>wear a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/public-health-measures-and-advice#section-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well-fitted mask<\/a> in all public settings<\/li>\n<li>avoid non-essential activities where you need to take off your mask (for example, dining out)<\/li>\n<li>avoid non-essential visits to anyone who is immunocompromised or may be at higher risk of illness (for example, seniors)<\/li>\n<li>avoid non-essential visits to highest risk settings in the community such as hospitals and long-term care homes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Wearing a Mask is Encouraged<\/h2>\n<p>We encourage all staff, students and visitors to wear a mask inside Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) schools and workplaces.<\/p>\n<p>For more advice on how to protect yourself from respiratory illnesses, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/public-health-measures-and-advice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ontario Ministry of Health website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While rates of respiratory viruses are on the decline, the season is far from over. To help keep each other healthy, we have a reminder from Region of Waterloo Public Health regarding what to do if you are sick with a respiratory illness. Please Stay Home If You Are Sick If you are sick, please [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\" role=\"complementary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/2023\/02\/06\/help-prevent-the-spread-of-respiratory-illnesses\/\"><strong>Read more about<\/strong> <cite>Help Prevent the Spread of Respiratory Illnesses<\/cite> &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}