SOM BMS Student COVID-19 Information

Students,

Check for e mail bulletins and common updates on this webpage. If you’ve questions or issues, please contact Zylkia Lozano zlozano@tulane.edu or Dr. Blake Blake@tulane.edu.

January 29, 2021

(From Campus Health) Dear Tulane Community:

As you recognize, over the previous few days now we have seen a rise in constructive COVID-19 check outcomes amongst our undergraduate pupil inhabitants – each these residing on and off campus.

To tackle this pattern, Tulane is enacting Safer-at-Home restrictions for 2 weeks. We will carefully monitor our numbers and, if they arrive down rapidly, we might reevaluate these restrictions earlier than the conclusion of the two-week interval.

Safer-at-Home Restrictions

ESSENTIAL ACTIVITES ONLY We strongly encourage college students to restrict pointless interactions. Apart from courses, eating and important actions, college students ought to restrict themselves to their residence halls and off-campus residences. Visitors and in a single day company aren’t permitted in any residential halls and off-campus college students mustn’t host company or gatherings with these outdoors of their speedy family.

CLASSES Classes will proceed to be carried out in-person – town has recognized each school rooms and workplace settings as an exception to Modified Phase 2 capability and gathering dimension restrictions.

PROGRAMMING & EVENTS All in-person pupil applications – together with pupil group occasions – except courses will probably be cancelled or rescheduled. Virtual occasions can nonetheless happen.

DINING To improve distancing in frequent areas, off-campus college students are restricted to eating at The Dining Pavilion, and all college students are inspired to make use of to-go choices.

TESTING We are extending our return testing protocol, via which we check undergraduate college students 3 times per week. We are additionally carefully monitoring instances amongst graduate college students and staff to find out if elevated testing frequency could also be wanted for these teams.

STAFFING These restrictions don’t have an effect on staffing on campus. Following our present pointers, we encourage all models to proceed to seek out methods to permit non-essential staff to do business from home as a lot as their assigned duties enable.

FAQS

Read more: Travel Guidance for International Students During COVID-19

Are these restrictions totally different than town’s present restrictions? Yes, since we’re nonetheless seeing excessive numbers in our undergraduate pupil group, the college is implementing stricter pointers and is asking all college students to be particularly cautious and to restrict pointless interactions except courses, eating and important actions.

Can I’m going to work at my off-campus job? Yes, however be sure to’re masked and working towards social distancing and following COVID restrictions.

Can I’m going to the grocery retailer? Yes, so long as you’re masked.

Can I research with associates? If you must research with associates, we advocate you do it open air and masked.

Testing Frequency

Students are required to take part in ongoing surveillance testing all through the semester no matter vaccine standing or the presence of antibodies from a earlier COVID-19 an infection. Test schedule is topic to alter. Please verify the COVID-19 sources web site for updates. Please monitor your e mail and schedule your testing once you obtain your discover.

The following testing schedule is deliberate for the spring semester:

Three occasions per week:

Residential undergraduate college students

Off-campus NTC undergraduate college students

These college students should full their check inside 48 hours of receiving their QR code

Every two weeks:

Graduate and Professional college students

SoPA college students

Read more: Tulane monitoring COVID-19 issues guidance, travel policies

These college students should full their check inside 72 hours of receiving their QR code.

During this era, sure teams could also be recognized for elevated testing. Monitor your e mail to be sure to are compliant with any additional testing necessities.

QR Codes are despatched primarily based on testing capability and a fastidiously deliberate schedule, please monitor your e mail and schedule your check when obtained.

Non-compliance Text messages

In order to guard the campus group and metropolis residents, all members of the Tulane group should take part in ongoing surveillance testing all through the semester. Individuals who aren’t getting examined based on their testing frequency will probably be present in non-compliance and can obtain one textual content warning. Further Non-compliance of the college’s COVID Testing Protocol will result in referral to Student Conduct.

Other Important Facts

COVID Appointment & Test

Please don’t schedule an appointment or go to a campus testing heart earlier than receiving a QR code through e mail from norelpy@lablynx.com. If you don’t have an lively order (QR code) to get examined, you may be turned away from the testing heart.

For query about testing, e mail CHTestOutcomes@tulane.edu.

Individuals who’ve examined constructive

If you’ve examined constructive outdoors of the Tulane Testing Program, you will need to submit documentation via the COVID-19 Reporting Form.

If you’ve examined constructive, you don’t want to be examined for 90 days. If you obtain a discover, please contact CHTestOutcomes@tulane.edu for help.

Tulane Contact Tracing

All college students are required to take part in contact tracing to restrict the unfold of COVID-19.

Read more: Fall 2021 | Division of Student Affairs – Tulane University

COVID Vaccine:

Receiving the vaccine doesn’t exempt you from the testing program.

We will share common updates with our group as extra details about vaccine administration turns into accessible.

If you’re beginning a vaccine collection with a healthcare supplier at house, you mustcomplete the collection with that supplier.

More data and FAQs are posted on the COVID-19 Vaccinations web site. For questions in regards to the vaccine, e mail covidvaccine@tulane.edu.

Mental Health & Wellness

We acknowledge that psychological well being and wellness are a battle for all throughout this difficult time. We are persevering with to bolster assist and companies to handle this necessary problem.

Wellness App: In February, Campus Health will launch an app referred to as You at College, a complete well-being portal for college kids, school and workers. This portal is adaptable to any gadget and comprises personalised sources, together with these offered by the college. More data will probably be coming quickly!

January 28, 2021

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January 8, 2021

Testing Over the Break and Upon Return – BMS Students BMS Students might want to full one check previous to the beginning of courses. In addition, symptomatic and exposure-based testing will probably be accessible all through the break.