COVID-19
IMPORTANT COVID testing requirements (pdf 194K) for students enrolled in classes during the spring 2022 semester.
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Reporting positive cases
Students who test positive must email covidreporting@winthrop.edu, upload the test result into the Medicat Patient Portal and completing the C19 QI form. Once these steps have been taken, a nurse will attempt
to contact the student by phone or via secure message. Students employed by Winthrop
will follow the student protocol for quarantine and isolation.
- If a student contacts a faculty or staff member about testing positive by an off campus
provider and needing to be out of class/campus work, the F/S needs to report that
information to covidreporting@winthrop.edu and include the student’s name, CWID, and current phone number if available. Health
Services will contact the student directly. Health Services will not communicate about
student results with faculty or staff.
- For acute illness that results in absence from in-person classes, with authorization,
Health Services will notify the Dean of Students Office that provides official absence
notifications to Academic Affairs. Health Services will only share dates of absence
regardless of the health related issue. No health details will be shared. The Dean
of Students Office will issue an absence notification (dates only, not condition)
to students’ faculty.
- Should a student’s condition related to COVID-19 change, the student must communicate
that information to Health Services who will notify the Dean of Students Office of
a change in dates for the quarantine or isolation period. Students should immediately
communicate this information to Health Services by emailing covidreporting@winthrop.edu.
CDC Close Contact Definition for unvaccinated persons
Unvaccinated persons with an exposure within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative
total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period starting from 2 days before illness
onset (or, for asymptomatic patients, 2 days prior to test specimen collection) until
the time the patient is isolated.
CDC Close Contact Definition for vaccinated people
Vaccinated students with an exposure to someone with COVID-19 are not required to
quarantine if they meet all of the following criteria:
- Vaccination status is up to date meaning a student has received all recommended COVID-19 vaccines, including any booster
dose(s) when eligible, and it has been at least 2 weeks after final dose
- Have not developed any symptoms since the COVID-19 exposure
Isolation and Quarantine Criteria
Isolation criteria:
You will no longer be considered infectious when all of these conditions have been
met:
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It has been at least ten (10) days since the illness began (or since date of testing
for asymptomatic people testing positive) – AND
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It has been at least 24 hours since the last fever without taking medication that
lowers fever -AND-
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All Covid related symptoms have improved.
**Note: If you have not experienced symptoms but have tested positive for COVID-19,
you may discontinue isolation when at least 10 days have passed since the date of
your positive COVID-19 test result as long as you have not become ill during this
10-day period.
Quarantine criteria:
If you have been exposed to a positive case of COVID-19 the CDC has updated the guidelines
for quarantine. Effective 12/3/2020, quarantine will last 10 days from the last known
close contact with the positive individual.
Information about coronavirus (2019-nCoV):
World Health Organization Advice for the Public
World Health Organization Travel Advice
World Health Organization Daily Situation Reports
American College Health Association Information for Campuses
CDC Information for Travel
CDC Hygiene Etiquette
Corona Virus Etiquette
Physical and Mental Health Resources for Dealing with COVID-19
