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IMPORTANT INFORMATION : BACK TO CENTRE JANUARY 18TH 2022

Dear Pont Viau Vocational Training Student,

With the in-person return to class on Tuesday, January 18, our main goal is to maintain the best possible services and to reduce classroom closures to a minimum, after all other options have been exhausted. This means that flexibility and adaptability remain important and crucial.

The purpose of this communication is to give you the necessary information related to the reopening of our Vocational Training centre to in-person services.

Sanitary Measures

We will continue to diligently follow all public health directives.

Please do not come to the centre in person if you have Covid symptoms, or have tested positive
for Covid-19

Advise your teacher(s) via email and they will direct you as to how to proceed. YOU CAN ALSO REFER TO THE AEVT WEBSITE FOR DIRECTIVES regarding isolation procedures.

• When entering the building via the main entrance only, the use of the QR code and hand
  disinfection is mandatory
• Movement in the centre via stairwell #2 only
• Hand hygiene, physical distancing, whenever possible, and PROPER wearing of the procedural mask is mandatory
• Our center continues with the regular cleaning and disinfecting of high-touch points

Management of COVID-19 Cases and Symptoms

• There will no longer be case-by-case management of COVID-19 cases by the Public Health, as such, the centre will no longer be informed of any student COVID cases by the Public Health authorities.
• Students  are required to monitor their health for any COVID-19 like symptoms and to isolate themselves if any symptoms occur.
• Students are asked to report their absences to their teacher(s) via email or other means established by  the individual teachers.

Isolation of Vocational Training (VT) Students

If you have symptoms similar to COVID-19 and are double vaccinated, you must isolate for 5 days. After 5 days, you can return to class in the centre if the following 2 conditions are met:

1. If symptoms have improved or you are symptom-free
2. If you have not had a fever in 24 hours.

If one of these 2 conditions is not met, you must continue to isolate for 5 additional days.

If the 2 conditions are met, for the next 5 days, you can return to the centre and must wear a procedural mask at all times and respect the distancing of 2 meters, as much as possible.

Health Students on stage are required to consult with their individual teachers as these procedures may require an isolation of longer than 5 days depending on the individual health establishments /institutions.

If you child has COVID-19 like symptoms and are not double vaccinated, you must isolate for 10 days.

Isolation of household/home contacts

Given the high rate of virus spread between home contacts and a person with COVID-19 symptoms (who is considered a positive person even without confirmation by a test), all household contacts of a person with COVID-19 symptoms must isolate from the beginning of symptoms.

• Contacts 12 years of age and older who are not double vaccinated should isolate for 10 days.
• Contacts 12 years of age and older who are double vaccinated should isolate for 5 days. If they do not develop symptoms, they can then go about their usual activities, wearing the mask and respect social distancing of 2 meters as much as possible for the following 5 days.
• Contacts under the age of 12 must isolate for 5 days and it is recommended they have a negative rapid auto-test result before returning to school
• Contacts who develop symptoms should remain in isolation 5 days following the start of their own symptoms and follow the instructions that apply to COVID cases. There is no need to prolong the isolation of other household contacts who do not have symptoms.

We look forward to welcoming our students back. Thank you for being an invaluable partner in the success of our center.

Should you have any questions, please contact your teacher(s) for further precisions.

The CDC Pont Viau Administration