{"id":5269,"date":"2020-08-20T19:03:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T23:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=5269"},"modified":"2020-08-20T19:10:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T23:10:30","slug":"liberty-university-begins-requiring-face-coverings-social-distancing-in-all-academic-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=5269","title":{"rendered":"Liberty University begins requiring face coverings, social distancing in all academic buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1527613426441-4da17471b66d?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1035&amp;q=80\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display: block;\"><center><\/center><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Liberty University sent an email to students Thursday afternoon announcing a revision to the campus\u2019 fall operating plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The email was sent 20 minutes after a University spokesperson declined to comment to WFXR\u2019s inquiry about mass gatherings of students on campus not wearing masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The email mentions that starting immediately, \u201cphysical distancing and face mask coverings are required in all academic buildings or any official gathering of students, regardless of whether the recommended 6-10 feet of physical distancing can be maintained.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are other changes mentioned in the email which includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; New instruction protocols<br>&#8211; Increased hand sanitation<br>&#8211; Updated operational protocols<br>&#8211; Improved technology options<br>&#8211; Social distancing guidelines<br>&#8211; Constant communication with local community health partnerships<br>&#8211; Limited capacity and new procedures for large events<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfxrtv.com\/health\/coronavirus\/liberty-university-updates-fall-2020-operating-plan-requires-face-coverings-social-distancing-in-all-academic-buildings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberty University sent an email to students Thursday afternoon announcing a revision to the campus&rsquo; fall operating plan.<\/p>\n<p>The email&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=5269\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Liberty University begins requiring face coverings, social distancing in all academic buildings<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[119],"class_list":["post-5269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-liberty-university-begins-requiring-face-coverings-social-distancing-in-all-academic-buildings","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pJcR0-1mZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5269"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5271,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269\/revisions\/5271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}