{"id":1982,"date":"2020-10-09T09:25:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/?p=1982"},"modified":"2020-10-13T09:28:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T14:28:58","slug":"covid-19-update-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/2020\/10\/09\/covid-19-update-4\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gmail_default\">Good afternoon,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">As we begin our weekend, I wanted to provide you with a brief update on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1602685493831000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE2lM9IOgj6KsK-L-NjwwxwTJ7kHQ\">COVID-19<\/a>. The total number of MWSU students and employees with COVID-19 reported earlier today in our campus community was eight (8) individuals, all are isolating off campus. Although this number may seem lower than last week, I would like to share information from the broader community. The hospitalizations caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection have been elevated in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhanet.com\/mhaimages\/COVID-19\/dash\/NW_COVID19_RegionalDashboard.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.mhanet.com\/mhaimages\/COVID-19\/dash\/NW_COVID19_RegionalDashboard.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1602685493831000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEFs_8D5-6V68vW4ptfSJbI_mDBRA\">Northwest Missouri<\/a>\u00a0as reported by the Missouri Hospital Association. Our campus community has experienced family, friends, and acquaintances that have had serious cases of COVID-19. Please continue to frequently wash your hands, physically distance, and wear a mask. When we do these things, we are not just protecting ourselves, but we are protecting others as well. Have a safe, healthy weekend.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">Crystal<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-smartmail=\"gmail_signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<p><em>Crystal Harris, Ph.D., R.N.<\/em><br \/>\nInt. Dean,\u00a0College of Science and Health<br \/>\nMissouri Western State University<br \/>\n4525 Downs Dr | Agenstein Hall 134<br \/>\nSt Joseph, MO 64507<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon, As we begin our weekend, I wanted to provide you with a brief update on\u00a0COVID-19. The total number of MWSU students and employees with COVID-19 reported earlier today in our campus community was eight (8) individuals, all are isolating off campus. Although this number may seem lower than last week, I would like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[528,527,529],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1983,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982\/revisions\/1983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}