Coronavirus Resources The campus is now open to the public.
Coronavirus Resources The campus is now open to the public.
Updated 02/24/22
These procedures have been revised to align with recently updated guidance from the California Department of Public Health and Cal-OSHA. These COVID guidelines are for students who take classes on campus and/or work on campus.
If you experience any COVID symptoms*** OR if you test positive for COVID-19:
If you are a student worker, in addition to the instructions above, you also must:
Students testing positive will need to isolate for 10 days from the date of symptom onset or date of testing, if asymptomatic. You can return to campus on day 11 as long as your symptoms have resolved.
Isolation can be shortened to 5 days if symptoms are not present or are resolving and a rapid antigen test** administered on day 5 or later is negative. A negative PCR test will also be accepted. PCR tests are available free of charge at campus testing centers. If you meet the criteria to return to campus after 5 days of isolation, you must wear a well-fitting face covering (surgical mask, KN95 mask or N95 mask only) when around others (indoors or outdoors) for a total of 10 days from onset of symptoms or date of test.
You may stop isolation early after the improvement of symptoms for 24-hours without the use of fever-reducing medications if any of the following occur:
If you have had close contact* with an individual who has symptoms of COVID and/or has tested positive for COVID-19:
If you are fully vaccinated and boosted* OR if you are fully vaccinated and not yet eligible to get a booster **** AND you are NOT experiencing any COVID symptoms, you are not required to quarantine. You will need to wear a well-fitting mask around others for 10 days from the exposure date and should test on day 5. If symptoms develop and/or you subsequently test positive, you will need to isolate and follow the protocol for positive COVID Test and/or Symptoms.
Proof of booster will be required.
If you have not been vaccinated OR are vaccinated and booster-eligible****, but did not yet receive your booster, you are required to stay home and quarantine.
If you have not been vaccinated or are booster eligible**** and did not receive your booster at least 14 days preceding the date of exposure, you will quarantine from campus for 10 days following the date of exposure. Quarantine can end after day 5 if symptoms are not present and a rapid antigen test administered on day 5 or later is negative**. A negative PCR test will also be accepted. PCR tests are available free of charge at the campus testing centers.
If you meet the criteria to return to campus after 5 days of quarantine, you must wear a well-fitting face covering (surgical mask, KN95 mask or N95 mask only) when around others (indoors or outdoors) for a total of 10 days from date of your most recent close contact exposure.
*Close contact is defined as someone who has been within 6 feet of an infected person masked or unmasked, indoor or outdoor, for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period, cumulative time, during the infectious period.
For the purposes of determining a close contact, cumulative time is defined as the period of time of exposure to ANY/ALL COVID-19 positive person(s), and is calculated as 15 minutes or more of cumulative time where a close contact has been in contact to a person(s) positive with COVID-19 while that person(s) was infectious - i.e. – 2 days prior to symptom onset while symptomatic, or 2 days prior to test date if asymptomatic, up to the last contact with the COVID-19 positive person(s).
**Rapid antigen tests that are self-administered and self-read will NOT be accepted. Home rapid antigen tests that are completed via telehealth with a licensed medical professional are accepted.
***COVID-19 Symptoms
****Booster-Eligibility is defined as 5 months following two doses of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine (or combination of the two), 2 months following a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and 6 months following a mix and match series of FDA- approved/authorized and/or WHO-Emergency Use COVID vaccines.