Date: April 22, 2022
To: UC Santa Cruz students, staff members, and faculty
From: Gary Dunn, PhD, interim Associate Vice Chancellor, Scholar Wellbeing and Wellness, and Elizabeth Miller, DO, Pupil Wellbeing Companies Health-related Director
Matter: COVID-19: Neighborhood update
Pricey UC Santa Cruz Local community,
We are crafting right now to address raising COVID transmission charges on our campus and in the bordering local community. In the previous week, our campus seven-working day positivity price elevated from 1 to 3.66 p.c. Santa Cruz County premiums also enhanced, however not as substantially.
Whilst we are mindful of the rise in constructive instances, we continue being encouraged that the large vast majority in our local community are up to day on their vaccines and hence significantly there has been tiny COVID-19 unfold in our workplaces and lecture rooms. Nevertheless, the present-day premiums have to have our continued consideration and action. At this time, we would like to remind the group of the value of participating in ongoing COVID-mitigation endeavours:
We strongly suggest masking indoors. However masking is no lengthier required in most campus spaces, we continue on to strongly recommend the use of face masks indoors. For the reason that masking stays an helpful software in opposition to the transmission of COVID-19 and a lot of other sicknesses, free of charge surgical and KN-95 masks keep on to be available for pick up at several campus destinations. Be sure to observe the subsequent areas and instances involve masking at all periods:
- Masking is demanded in UC Santa Cruz medical configurations (e.g., University student Well being Companies and COVID-19 testing websites) and even though riding campus transit automobiles.
- As very well, for every California Office of Public Health and fitness, any individual who exams optimistic for COVID-19 or is known to be a shut get hold of of a COVID-19 positive specific, ought to dress in a mask for 10 days.
We encourage you to interact in typical COVID-19 testing. UC Santa Cruz carries on to present absolutely free, on-campus testing for pupils, staff members, and college. In accordance with the Spring Testing Protocol, local community users who are not up to date on their vaccinations are needed to take a look at every four times. Local community users who are up-to-day may possibly check as sought after but are inspired to do so on a regular basis — specifically if you have been exposed to COVID-19 or have a persistent clinical ailment.
We recommend working towards healthful hygiene and COVID-careful routines. If it’s risk-free to do so, the CDC advises opening doors and home windows as substantially as you can to provide in refreshing, out of doors air when you system to acquire indoors with some others. Also, proceed to follow superior hand hygiene, refrain from sharing food items or beverages, go over your coughs and sneezes, and, if you have COVID-19 indicators, please remain property and contact your local wellness-treatment company for steering. Symptomatic learners really should get in touch with the Pupil Well being Companies Nurse Suggestions Line (831-459-2591) all through business enterprise several hours to schedule a COVID-19 examination. Employees should really remain household and make contact with their key-treatment health practitioner for follow-up. If you exam constructive for COVID-19, be sure to instantly isolate, and abide by the COVID-19 Beneficial Exam End result Guidance.
We value your ongoing support for our local community through your reaction to COVID-19. Our collective endeavours are critical to minimizing transmission premiums. That said, we will keep on to carefully watch nearby transmission rates and will update the community about substantial modifications that impression the screening protocol or neighborhood actions like indoor masking.
For now, let us go on to be aware of this minute and do our areas to cease the spread of COVID-19. We’re all in this together, Slugs!
In community,
Gary Dunn, PhD, Interim Affiliate Vice Chancellor, Pupil Well being and Wellness
Elizabeth Miller, DO, Healthcare Director, Pupil Overall health Expert services
