As of April 4, 2022 (Monday), USC campuses will no longer require Trojan Check for access to campuses. Perimeter check at the UPC campus will be discontinued on that date. All faculty, staff, and students should continue to check their symptoms whenever coming to campus. The Trojan Check wellness assessment will remain available as a helpful tool to complete this. Read more about masking, second boosters, symptom checks, and testing.
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Category: covid-19
Spring Break Antigen Kits for Students
All USC students are encouraged to pick up a free COVID-19 antigen testing kit for use after spring break travel. You will receive an email from the USC Bookstores with a unique QR code for pickup, and when you return to campus from travel, use this kit within the first 24 hours of arriving back to your residence. If…Continue Reading Spring Break Antigen Kits for Students
COVID-19 Update for Campuses (2/18/22)
As announced on February 16, Los Angeles County removed restrictions for outdoor masking, based on improved metrics for hospitalizations and case fatalities. Outdoor masking is now also lifted for university-sponsored events. Masking is required indoors, on transportation, and at health care facilities (including testing sites). We are anticipating that metrics will continue to improve even more in one more week, so are planning for a lifting of some campus measures slated for March 1.
As of March 1, the university is modifying the requirements for surveillance testing of students, as the first of a phased approach to lifting COVID-19 restrictions. Progression of lifting restrictions at USC will occur simultaneously as revised LADPH Health Officer Orders are released, as required by law….Continue Reading COVID-19 Update for Campuses (2/18/22)
LA County Lifts Outdoor Masking Requirement
In alignment with the revised Public Health Officer order, masking is no longer required at outdoor events. University-sponsored outdoor events of all sizes no longer require masking for attendees. Masking continues to be required indoors in special environments including on USC transportation, and in all USC health care facilities including testing sites….Continue Reading LA County Lifts Outdoor Masking Requirement
Grief Group
Students interested in joining a workshop should go to MySHR and checkout the “workshops” tab for current dates/times. This workshop and peer support space are co-facilitated with the Office of Religious Life. In this safe and supportive forum, the peer group will share, hold, and honor COVID losses of any type. For example, losses might…Continue Reading Grief Group
Instructions: Preparing for an Antigen Test
Individuals under case management at USC Student Health (students, faculty, and staff) will be invited to schedule an antigen test on the early morning of DAY 6 of their isolation period. Individuals must meet both of the following criteria: It has been at least 5 days since Day 0 (date of symptom onset, or if…Continue Reading Instructions: Preparing for an Antigen Test
Spring Semester and Omicron
We look forward to seeing our students back on our campuses. Although this beginning of 2022 coincides with a challenging phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are marshaling all our resources to make this a successful semester. Each of you — our students, faculty, and staff — has shown tremendous strength and resilience, and we are grateful to be part of a wonderful community rich in friendship and kindness. Given the distinct challenges of the Omicron variant, USC will add four additional days of remote learning, and we now plan to resume in-person instruction Monday, January 24. Our plan – similar to that of other universities in Southern California – is based on both the available resources and unique challenges here in Los Angeles….Continue Reading Spring Semester and Omicron
Instructions: Positive Test Results
[ If you have a SARS-CoV-2 positive lab result, you will automatically receive this message from Student Health ] Your COVID-19 test is positive. This means that you have been diagnosed with COVID-19 even if you do not have symptoms and/or are up-to-date on your COVID-19 vaccines. ACTION REQUIRED—REQUIRED FORM By university policy, you are…Continue Reading Instructions: Positive Test Results
Instructions: Exposure to a positive individual
Close contact exposure is defined by the California Department of Public Health as “someone sharing the same indoor airspace, e.g., home, clinic waiting room, airplane, etc., for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minute) during an infected person’s (laboratory-confirmed or…Continue Reading Instructions: Exposure to a positive individual
Updated Masking Guidance for Campus Environments
Per revised guidelines for workplaces, individuals on USC campus premises in locations where masking is required are now required to wear medical grade masks, which at minimum are surgical masks and may also include higher grade respirator masks (N95, KN95, or KF94). Campus premises where PPE is required include indoor common spaces, public areas, classrooms, libraries, offices, and laboratories (unless higher grade PPE is already specified). Faculty, staff, and students in clinical settings should follow guidance for health care settings as determined by the facility. If you are an employee who has been directed by USC Environmental Health and Safety to wear (and previously fit-tested for) a respirator mask as PPE for occupational safety, continue to wear this level of protection….Continue Reading Updated Masking Guidance for Campus Environments