COVID-19
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us:
Phone: 803/323-2191
Email: Admissions@winthrop.edu
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Daily Covid-19 Symptom Tracker
Reporting positive cases
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- 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, 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.
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:
Quarantine lasts 14 days starting with the last day you were in close contact with
the individual who was confirmed to be infected with COVID-19. If you don’t know when
your last contact was with the infected individual, your quarantine period will last
14 days from the date of notification to quarantine. If you live in the same housing
area as someone with COVID-19, the quarantine period will last until 7 days after
that individual is no longer in isolation (i.e. 17 days). You must complete the full
duration of quarantine.If at any point during your Quarantine Period you begin to
feel ill with fever, cough, shortness of breath, sudden onset loss of taste/smell,
sore throat, headache, diarrhea, nausea/vomiting, chills, or muscle pain, you need
to immediately take the following actions:
- Isolate yourself in a place where you can avoid contact with other people
- Seek testing
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
