Conditions of the Yellow Signal on the Semaphore

18 Nov 2021

Following MU's move to yellow light signal, students and Faculty employees are required to register O-N-T (i.e., show proof of vaccination, illness, or negative test) effective Nov. 22.
Students should enter the relevant data into IS MU (https://is.muni.cz/auth/koronavirus/).
Staff should enter the relevant data in INET (https://inet.muni.cz/app/osoby/koronavirus_prevence).
Demonstration of O-N-T is a prerequisite for attending in-person, face-to-face classes.
As of January 17, 2022, all employees are required to submit to testing before entering the workplace.
Proof of O-N-T applies to healthy persons; in accordance with the MU Rector's Decision No. 7/2021, sick persons must not participate in in-person, face-to-face classes and do not have access to the Faculty.

The rules for wearing respirators have not changed.
They are therefore mandatory in all indoor areas (corridors and classrooms).
The only exception for wearing respirators in the Faculty is when anyone is staying in one place without another person present.
In addition, teachers do not need to wear a respirator during class if they have both doses of the vaccine.
An exception is also made for students during classes for which wearing respirators would significantly inhibit their performance (gym, singing), but the 1.5 m spacing must be maintained.

Fulfillment of the obligation to demonstrate O-N-T means:
- Both doses of a vaccination against Covid-19 documented by an EU COVID certificate or equivalent,
- a period of up to 180 days since laboratory-confirmed recovery from Covid-19, since the first positive test,
- a negative test for SARS-CoV-2 fewer than 7 days old; tests may be either a RT-PCR test or an antigen test (performed by a healthcare provider or a rapid antigen test for self-testing).
Students should enter records of vaccination, illness, and negative PCR test results into the IS using a QR code.
Students can upload a positive PCR test result, quarantine, or antigen test result without a QR code, e.g., as a scan or photo.
Information about O-N-T requirements fulfilment for students is available for teachers in the teacher's notebook in the form of simple information (green/red circle in the student list).

Classes for up to 150 persons are held in in-person, face-to-face attendance according to the valid timetable.
Those who do not demonstrate O-N-T cannot participate in in-person, face-to-face classes.
Face-to-face teaching is crucial, so replacing it with other forms of education should be a last resort. If a student fails to demonstrate O-N-T, the teacher/guarantor of the course should offer the student an alternative (depending on the nature of the course and the technical possibilities of the classroom). For example:
- Recordings of teaching (this can be current or past recordings).
- Alternative e-learning (if created for the course). However, this should not just be simple learning materials (e.g., simply providing a presentation from a class).
- Developing alternative tasks. Of course, NAU's position on distance-learning must be kept in mind at all times. It seems to make sense, for example, in a translation seminar, to set an additional translation that the instructor corrects and discusses with the student in an online tutorial.
- "Passive" hybrid-learning, i.e., the learning is only transmitted, and students can watch but cannot participate.
- Full hybrid-learning.
The instructor/guarantor of the course has no way of knowing if the student is not attending full-time due to inability to demonstrate O-N-T or other reasons. Therefore, it is the student's responsibility to contact the instructor and request an alternative learning assignment(s).

The MU FF Central Library remains available to students and staff during the full range of operating hours, Mon-Fri, 9:00-20:00, and Sat-Sun 9:00-17:00, including study rooms in the main building.
The public is not allowed to enter the library in accordance with the University semaphore system.
Beginning from 22nd November, the O-N-T fulfilment will be checked at the entrance to the main library building.
Those who do not meet the O-N-T conditions will be provided with the opportunity to check out library items individually outside the FF Campus by prior arrangement via knihovna@phil.muni.cz.
Consultations with librarians are also available online via: https://knihovna.phil.muni.cz/sluzby/konzultace-s-knihovnikem
The team study rooms will be closed to students, but they will remain available to FF staff for distance-learning.
Spacing amongst individuals and the wearing of respiratory protective equipment remain mandatory.