The university has received notification of a confirmed COVID-19 case on campus involving a staff member. The staff member tested positive on Jan. 24, and was last on campus at the David Braley Health Sciences Centre on Jan. 20. Impacted areas have since been thoroughly cleaned. Any contact tracing required is being managed by public […]
Category: COVID-19 Updates
Two confirmed COVID-19 cases at McMaster: Jan. 21
The university has received notification of two unrelated confirmed COVID-19 cases on campus. One involves a student who was last on campus on Jan. 19, in Arthur Bourns Building. The other involves an international student who had already been quarantining in residence in accordance with government guidelines after arriving early in January. In both cases, […]
Confirmed COVID-19 case at McMaster: Jan. 19, 2021
The university has received notification of a confirmed COVID-19 case on campus involving a student. The student tested positive on Jan. 18, and was last on campus in the Health Sciences Centre on Jan. 14. Impacted areas have since been thoroughly cleaned. Any contact tracing required is being managed by public health authorities. They will […]
Confirmed COVID-19 case at McMaster: January 17
The university has received notification of a confirmed COVID-19 case on campus involving a student. The international student, who tested positive on Jan. 15, had already been quarantining in residence in accordance with government guidelines after arriving early in January. Impacted areas have since been thoroughly cleaned. Any contact tracing required is being managed by […]
COVID-19 update: Stay at Home, stay the course
Everyone has questions about the impact of the province’s stay-at-home order which began Jan. 14. For the McMaster community the answer remains relatively simple: since our university is already working and learning remotely, with very few people on campus, the impact is minimal. Stay the course. The majority of university faculty, students and staff should […]
COVID-19 update as Ontario government declares a State of Emergency
The Ontario government has declared a State of Emergency effective immediately and a Stay at Home order comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 14. These measures are being put in place to try and slow the pace of COVID-19 cases in the province and to help ensure that Ontario’s healthcare system is able […]
Two confirmed COVID-19 cases at McMaster: January 12
The university has received notification of two unrelated confirmed COVID-19 cases on campus. One involves a student who tested positive on Jan. 11 and was last on campus on Jan. 8, in the Health Sciences Centre. The other involves an employee with an external company who was last on campus on Jan. 7 at the […]
Confirmed COVID-19 case at McMaster: January 8
The university has received notification of a confirmed COVID-19 case involving a staff member. The staff member was last on campus on Dec. 29 in the Nuclear Research Building. All impacted areas have since been thoroughly cleaned. Any contact tracing required is being managed by public health authorities. They will be directly contacting anyone who […]
Confirmed COVID-19 case at McMaster: January 7
The university has received notification of a confirmed COVID-19 case involving a staff member. The staff member was last on campus on Jan. 4 in Chester New Hall. All impacted areas of the building have since been thoroughly cleaned. Any contact tracing required is being managed by public health authorities. They will be directly contacting […]
Confirmed COVID cases at McMaster: January 4
The university has received notification of three unrelated confirmed COVID-19 cases of people who have visited campus. One case involves an employee who was briefly on campus on Dec. 21, in the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery (MDCL) The second case involves an employee who briefly visited Hamilton Hall on Dec. 22. […]