Sarah Van Orman, USC’s Chief Health Officer for USC Student Health, shares important guidance about workplace health and safety.
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Sarah Van Orman, USC’s Chief Health Officer for USC Student Health, shares guidance for students returning from international travel and the latest updates regarding availability and criteria for COVID-19 testing.
In order to effectively help us protect the community, we need all residents to follow several distancing guidelines. Failure to do so endangers those around you and will not be tolerated.
With the increase in testing across the country, we can expect many positive test results or presumptive positive cases. Read more about the process currently in place for notification of close contacts of known cases.
President Carol Folt and Provost Charles Zukoski share the latest updates regarding child care for employees, scholarships and financial aid, course grading options, guidance for employees working from home, and more.
On March 20, we will begin rolling out a process for screening all staff and faculty who are entering our facilities, focusing on our clinical sites initially.
Parties, concerts, athletic events will all come back into our lives when the moment of pandemic infection passes; but for now, we are all taking a pause from these activities so we can protect the most high risk among us—our elderly relatives and neighbors, friends with immune suppression and underlying medical conditions—from preventable serious illness.
In anticipation of the need for stricter personal distancing, we ask that you prepare to dramatically reduce the number of people in your labs and core facilities.
Under the Clery Act, which requires the University to share certain information with the community, we wanted to share an update regarding two positive COVID-19 test results.
We received notification that a USC undergraduate student—who recently returned from international travel and arrived directly in Orange County—has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. We are currently proactively contacting any individuals who may have had an exposure.