COVID-19: Difference between revisions

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Everyone should check their HR email regularly. All official PZI/WdKA/HR communication will land there. For the rest use the XPUB list and chat. We will keep maintain this page as a digest and bookmark for all the important links.

General Info

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++20.09.2021 From 25 September onwards, almost all measures will be relaxed, and the situation will be more familiar to pre-pandemic times. Please take responsibility for all of the following and respect each other. For some people, it is quite something to gather in our buildings again without the 1.5 metres, and without a face mask. Please respect another, when someone asks for space, keep your distance to the other person. At RUAS we allow each other space.

No face mask From 25 September onwards, the use of face masks within our buildings is no longer necessary. Except in certain teaching situations where it is mandatory for safety reasons (e.g., in the lab). If you still feel more comfortable with a face mask on, you may, of course, continue to wear it.

No maximum group size From 25 September onwards, the maximum number of people meeting in one room will no longer apply.

Self-test still necessary Even after 25 September, you will self-test twice weekly when you travel to school. In case of health complaints, get tested at the GGD.

We observe hygiene measures Even after 25 September, disinfect your hands upon entry, and wash your hands regularly. Sneeze in your elbow.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++05.09.2021

International students are eligible for vaccination | please share with your students If you were not able to get the vaccine in your home country, you can still get vaccinated in Rotterdam. At all Municipal Health Service locations in Rotterdam-Rijnmond, you can now get a vaccination without an appointment. At most locations, you can drop by Monday to Saturday from 9.00 to 16.00 hrs and on Sunday from 10 .00 to 17.00 hrs. A BSN number is not necessary. You can get your shot without an appointment at the locations that are still open. Through this link you will find an overview of these locations and which vaccines are available. You can specify which kind of shot you want. Please note that some locations are not open all days of the week or will close soon.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++03.09.2021 When travelling in and out of Holland, even if going to Belgium, this Dutch governmental website is useful but is in Dutch https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++26.08.2021 - back to school measures Update content:

   No longer keeping 1.5 metre distance in buildings
   Changes in measures on location
   What to do when infected
   Vaccination facility at KZ location and self-tests
   Completing enrolment and start of the academic year

for more detailed information check out the link, scroll down for English https://c.spotler.com/ct/m10/k1/kW9TGnwaQSmoCV1Jbj0xUkz3tv5qDeonXpyr7lZLrVDDNBwv4wDSD359ja2HXchnsVVXp5TSLRNrMwZpGl-2iQ/Di4ZnWvPJk7m8qz

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++10.05.2021 HR is involved at two levels in seeing how self-testing can help maintain/expand access to IRL secondary education:

   https://www.eur.nl/en/news-calendar/corona/testing-your-future This is an HR + Erasmus only initiative.
   https://www.zelftestonderwijs.nl This is a nationwide effort in which HR is participating
   Both projects aim at testing the potential of self-testing (at home or on-premises) to contribute to the reopening of the buildings on a larger scale as what we have access to now (BTW similar efforts are done in other EU countries, and some countries are also experimenting with this for the cultural sector as well).
   None of the projects is mandatory to join, however, we were encouraged to do so. Both projects will give you access to free self-testing (at home and/or the HR premises).

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++21.04.2021

from Monday 26.04 onward there can be classes held one day a week. [ I'm hoping this translate into 1-day for both @XPUB2 and @XPUB1 ]
Tuesday 27.04 is King's day and the building is closed
Wednesday 28.04 the lockdown officially lifts and both the Blaak and WH buildings will stay open until 10 pm - [out by 21:50]
-and after the May break the stations will be open until 10 pm as well.

nothing changes for Saturdays, 20 students need to register or the building stays closed.

[register at the WH reception desk or call (010) 794 47 47 before 18:00 the Wednesday before, remember to state your student number if the Saturday doesn't fill you will be nodified via your HR email account on Thursday or Friday]

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++11.02.2021 - quote: communiqué: Curfew - Workplace - COVID-19 Protocol

Curfew

The outgoing cabinet has decided to extend the curfew until 2 March. This means that we will continue our policy since the curfew was introduced: our buildings will close at 19:00 at the latest, giving everyone ample time to return home before 21:00.

Reporting Covid-19 infection

Since last month, reporting Covid-19 infections to the school is completely anonymous and voluntary. We ask you to do this for us to form a picture of the number of infections within Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. In this way, we can monitor possible clusters which we will pass on to the GGD as with the locations and how measures can be taken.

To this end, you can make use of this Hint page. This allows us to safeguard the safety and health of our students and staff in the best way possible. This flow chart shows what steps to take when you are or could be infected with Covid-19.

4th floor opening hours:https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Calendars:Networked_Media_Calendar/Networked_Media_Calendar/07-02-2021_-Event_3

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++15.01.2021 quote: communiqué: Workplace Lockdown Protocol January 14 - February 9, 2021

Master students continue to have access to their own studios. They can also book individual working spaces in the Stations using Planning & Reservations.

All educational activities that do not require the facilities and support of the Stations must take place online.

All on-site educational activities and individual workspaces need to be booked through Planning & Reservations.

https://wdka.asimut.net/public/login.php?url=%2Fpublic%2F%3Futm_medium%3Demail

These educational activities will be scheduled in Planning & Reservations, and all participating students must be registered for each relevant educational activity, which in turn will allow these students and tutors access to the building and facilities.

Students can use Planning & Reservations to book an individual working space in the Stations (see explanation URL below). Students will be allowed access to the building on the basis of these bookings.

http://files.m10.mailplus.nl/user31000419/2835/Reserving_individual_workspaces_in_Asimut_P_R.pdf

These educational activities will be scheduled in Planning & Reservations, and all participating students must be registered for each relevant educational activity, which in turn will allow these students and tutors access to the building and facilities.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++14.01.2021 Aymeric posted this to Zulip and I thought it's something for the lists as there are a lot of alumni, family and friends in living Charlois. 13.01.2021 "just saw this in an email to HR/WdKA staff, not sure who of you may be concerned, but here it is anyway:

Lansingerland and Charlois In the municipality of Lansingerland and in Charlois, all residents will be tested for Covid-19. Some staff and students who live there have asked us whether you must go into quarantine if you have been tested but do not have any symptoms. The RIVM guidelines are clear: if you have no health complaints, you do not have to go into quarantine while waiting for the results. If you do have symptoms, you must stay at home until the result of the test is clear."

And I read in the news yesterday, "There is no major corona outbreak in Charlois, as in the South Holland municipality of Lansingerland. There, everyone from the age of two is called upon to be tested, even without complaints. It concerns more than 60,000 residents of Bergschenhoek, Berkel en Rodenrijs and Bleiswijk.

30 people infected with the British variant The 'British variant' was diagnosed in about thirty people from the Rotterdam-Rijnmond region. According to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), those cases are “largely linked” to the outbreak at RKBS Willibrord primary school in Bergschenhoek. The new version of the coronavirus is more contagious than previous variants of the coronavirus, but the mutation is not known to cause more health damage."

It calmed my nerves a bit for all you living and working in Charlois, hope it does yours too.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++02.10.2020 Mandatory Face Masks

Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences has introduced a face mask requirement. It is compulsory to wear face masks in our public areas (public spaces such as the entrance hall, in corridors, deWillem, hallways, stairwells, restrooms, library, etc. and, including the XPUB studio and the open area where alumni will return). This is to promote clarity and enforceability. To this end, the House Rules have been updated; the Central Representative Board.

This does not apply to classrooms, where the existing safety measures are generally well observed. In the public areas, in addition to the face mask requirement, the rule to keep a distance of 1.5 metres, still applies, of course.

Mayor supports our school policy

In doing so, the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences is following the approach of Ahmed Aboutaleb - not only the mayor but also chairman of the Rotterdam-Rijnmond Safety Region - who is clear about the advice to wear face masks. He is pleased with the government's initiative with regard to face masks, but if it is up to him, it should not be restricted to shops and supermarkets, but should also be used in public spaces of buildings where it is effective. The Mayor therefore very much welcomes the school's decision: “In fact, wearing face masks should be the guideline for everyone in the region, for all places where many people gather”.

It is everyone's own responsibility to have a face mask.

Official national and academy guidelines

Protocol

In order to offer IRL teaching consistently, we will have to adhere to the rules of the RIVM, that most of you have been following all along:

First and foremost: stay home if you have any symptoms like a head cold, coughing, tightness of breath, fever, sudden loss of smell or taste.
Self-quarantine if any of your housemates have symptoms as mentioned above.
Inform your course director and coordinator
Get tested
In case you must quarantine you will be able to follow teaching online and catch up.
When at the academy, follow the rules of distance and hygiene.
Follow the current rules set by the Dutch government, both national and for Rotterdam specifically. You can find them here.

WdKA Support address update 01.03.2021

If you have personal problems, including financial issues, please get in touch with the student counsellors through email or telephone directly:

to make an appointment register here: studentendecanaatwb@hr.nl

WDKA/PZI student counselors are:

Clariet Helwig: [temporarily not available Feb 2021] tel. 010 - 794 4252 email: C.P.Helwig@hr.nl, chatten: helcp@hr.nl
Marit Lems: tel. 010 - 794 6720 email: m.j.lems@hr.nl, chatten: lemmj@hr.nl

Kralingzoom

Eduard de Ridder:

mon- thrus https://hint.hr.nl/nl/HR/english/study-information/international-student-ruas/my-study/my-student-assistence/student-counsellor/appointment-student-counsellor/

XPUB/LURK Social Network

video: https://hotline.xpub.nl
XMPP chatroom: xpub@muc.lurk.org