Bermuda College Guidelines: Masks, Testing

August 5, 2021

Bermuda College said they will be welcoming students and employees back to campus in a few weeks with “enhanced protocols and guidelines in place, designed to keep the campus open and everyone – students, employees and visitors – safe.”

In an email to all students this week, the College noted students “will be required to present a Covid-negative result from a test conducted within 72 hours when they arrive on campus for the start of the Fall semester on August 30.”

Saliva Covid-19 Screening Tests Weekly 

“If students will be taking classes on campus more than once per week, they will have to undergo mandatory Saliva Covid-19 screening tests weekly testing. Testing will be optional for students who are taking only one class and who are only on campus once per week. However, they will be required to complete a health check form for each visit,” a spokesperson said.

“The College has partnered with Government’s Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory (MDL) to set up a testing site on campus. However, students will be given the option to test at another facility and present the negative test result to security officers on hand. The College has stressed that only saliva testing will be conducted on campus. There will be no nasal pharyngeal testing at the College.

“Temperature checkpoints established at two locations on campus, outside of Tech Hall and the College Bookstore since last year, will continue for everyone upon arrival: students are urged to arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to complete the required health checks.

Masks Are Mandatory In All Indoor Spaces

“Masks are also mandatory in all indoor spaces, including classrooms, hallways, corridors, stairs, the Student Centre, Bookstore and the Library, but will not be required when outdoors in uncrowded spaces. Face-to-face office meetings with faculty, tutors or counsellors may be scheduled by special request; however, masks and face shields or masks and portable Plexiglas dividers must be used for such meetings.

“A dedicated Covid section will go live on the College website (www.college.bm ) on August 9 where additional information regarding Covid-19 screening can be found.”

A College spokesperson noted however, that while the landscape of the Delta variant remains fluid, things may change over the next few weeks as the College approaches the start of the academic year.

“We will be assessing the situation regularly, in consultation with the Department of Health and the MDL, and will notify our constituents, accordingly,” she said.

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  1. Why students do not have a choic says:

    Why are college students forced to be tested weekly when public and private school students have an option?

    That does not seem fair!

    I as a student will have to reconsider if I want to attend the college, may have to look for an online college.

    • Sandgrownan says:

      Testing is really that big of a deal?? FFS. Grow up.

      • LOL (original) says:

        Its individual’s rights at steak here.

        Lol persons that give up liberty for safty deserve neither. Ben Franklin

        He was talking about people like you. You deserve neither.

        • sandgrownan says:

          There’s this TV show called “The News”, if you watch it, you’ll know there’s a global pandemic going on. One of the challenges with this particular little virus, is that it’s highly contagious.

          Regular testing, particularly in areas of high traffic such as schools, can, and should enforce regular testing. It helps protect everyone.

          It’s not about liberty or personal rights. If COVID wasn’t transmissible by air, I really couldn’t care less. But it is.

          By not testing, by not wearing masks, by not getting vaccinated, you are being selfish and you increase the risk of everyone around you. And you are very very stupid.

          Now grow up, get vaccinated, wear a mask and get tested. Stop being a twat.

        • Toodle-oo says:

          Steak / stake
          Break / brake
          etc

  2. Students are adults says:

    Why are students forced to do mandatory weekly testing? When public and private school students have a choice? This seems a little unfair.