{"id":26758,"date":"2023-09-14T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=26758"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:46:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T17:46:27","slug":"provincial-communicable-disease-guidelines-for-k-12-settings","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/provincial-communicable-disease-guidelines-for-k-12-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Provincial Communicable Disease Guidelines for K-12 Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2023-09-15\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday September 15, 2023<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Provincial Communicable Disease Guidelines for K-12 Settings<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry has updated the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/education\/administration\/kindergarten-to-grade-12\/safe-caring-orderly\/k-12-communicable-disease-guidelines.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/education\/administration\/kindergarten-to-grade-12\/safe-caring-orderly\/k-12-communicable-disease-guidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Provincial Communicable Disease Guidelines for K-12 Settings<\/a>. As in previous years, the guidelines align with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccdc.ca\/Health-Info-Site\/Documents\/communicable_disease\/Guidance-k-12-schools.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.bccdc.ca\/Health-Info-Site\/Documents\/communicable_disease\/Guidance-k-12-schools.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BCCDC Public Health Communicable Disease Guidance<\/a> and provide up-to-date information on managing the spread of communicable diseases. The guideline documents can be accessed under <em>Communicable Disease Guidelines <\/em>on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/administration\/program-management\/safe-caring-and-orderly-schools\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/administration\/program-management\/safe-caring-and-orderly-schools\" target=\"_blank\">Safe and healthy schools web page.<\/a> School districts can continue to order <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcpharmacy.ca\/news\/covid-19-rapid-test-kits-pharmacies\" target=\"_blank\">rapid antigen test kits<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/evohealth.blastramp.com\/dashboard\/login\" target=\"_blank\">masks<\/a>. If you experience login issues when ordering masks, please contact <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:helpdesk@silverbacksystems.io\" target=\"_blank\">helpdesk@silverbacksystems.io<\/a> or 604-332-4694.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ministry has updated the Provincial Communicable Disease Guidelines for K-12 Settings. As in previous years, the guidelines align with BCCDC Public Health Communicable Disease Guidance and provide up-to-date information on managing the spread of communicable diseases. The guideline documents can be accessed under Communicable Disease Guidelines on the Safe and healthy schools web page. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/provincial-communicable-disease-guidelines-for-k-12-settings\/\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"action_or_info":[353],"release_date":[927],"division":[666],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[298],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-26758","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-for-info","release_date-2023-09-15","division-sls","target_bulletin-district-dmb","audiences-principals-vice-principals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/26758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/26758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28852,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/26758\/revisions\/28852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"action_or_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_or_info?post=26758"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=26758"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=26758"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=26758"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=26758"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=26758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}