{"id":73,"date":"2020-02-27T11:18:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T16:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/alerts\/?p=73"},"modified":"2020-02-27T11:18:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T16:18:11","slug":"novel-coronavirus-information-and-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/alerts\/2020\/02\/27\/novel-coronavirus-information-and-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Novel Coronavirus Information and Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 26, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Saint Joseph\u2019s College is closely monitoring the developing situation with respect to the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) and potential impacts to our community.<\/p>\n<p>We are continuing to monitor the outbreak and we wanted to share with you some important information regarding spring break travel.\u00a0 The College encourages a common-sense approach for steering clear of the coronavirus or any other ailments, including, in particular, influenza.<\/p>\n<p>The risk of contracting the virus still remains low, however, the CDC is urging spring break travelers to nevertheless take the following precautions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check into any travel restrictions, travel advisories or any other recommendations being offered.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0AVOID all non-essential travel to China.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Wear a mask if you are sick or have upper-respiratory symptoms, such as a \u00a0 cough. At this time, the CDC and public health experts are not recommending that healthy individuals wear masks.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0WASH YOUR HANDS.\u00a0 The best way to prevent illness is to wash your hands \u00a0 with soap and water frequently. If soap and water are not available, use hand\u00a0 sanitizer.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0DON\u2019T SHARE DRINKS.\u00a0 Many respiratory illnesses can be shared through \u00a0 drinks<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0MAINTAIN GOOD HABITS.\u00a0 Getting good sleep, nutrition and exercise can stave off potential illness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to the CDC, patients with Coronavirus have reportedly had mild to severe respiratory illness.\u00a0 Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure and can include a fever, cough and shortness of breath.<\/p>\n<p>If you develop any of these symptoms, we encourage you to call your doctor, and additionally we advise students to contact the Health and Wellness Center located in Carmel Hall (893-6634).<\/p>\n<p>We will continue to work with local health officials and are actively monitoring updates released by the CDC.\u00a0 The College Health &amp; Wellness Center will keep our community informed of any new developments.<\/p>\n<p>Health and Wellness Center<br \/>\nSaint Joseph\u2019s College<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:healthcenter@sjcme.edu\">healthcenter@sjcme.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 26, 2020 Saint Joseph\u2019s College is closely monitoring the developing situation with respect to the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) and potential impacts to our community. We are continuing to monitor the outbreak and we wanted to share with you some important information regarding spring break travel.\u00a0 The College encourages a common-sense approach &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/alerts\/2020\/02\/27\/novel-coronavirus-information-and-resources\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Novel Coronavirus Information and Resources<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/alerts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/alerts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/alerts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/alerts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/alerts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/alerts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/alerts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/alerts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/alerts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}