Introduce a face mask policy at the EUR

The mayor’s spokesperson told EM that Mayor Aboutaleb ‘urgently advises the EUR’ to introduce a voluntarily face mask policy inside indoor areas. The Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences had already announced on Wednesday that it would be introducing a face mask requirement. The EUR has not followed suit yet. For the time being, students and staff are still free to voluntarily wear a mask if they want.

As to when it will be compulsory to wear face masks at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences is not clear yet. The house rules must be amended first, and the the representative advisory board has to vote on this. Until then, the school strongly recommends that face masks be worn in corridors, restaurants and public spaces. Although this recommendation does not apply to classrooms, according to the press release. “Actually, wearing face masks should be the health advisory for everyone in the region, for all places wherever lots of people get together”, Mayor Aboutaleb said in response to the press release. According to his spokesperson, this urgent health advisory is also directed towards the EUR, which up until now has basically followed the VSNU line that universities are not deemed as public spaces.