COVID-19 Housing Protocols

If I test positive for COVID-19, what should I do?

  • Stay home and isolate for 5 days after symptoms first appeared AND until symptoms have improved.
  • If you have a fever, continue to stay at home until 24 hours have passed after the fever.
  • Notify Eli Zucksworth, the Redlands Institutional Compliance Officer. 
  • Contact your instructors to make arrangements to keep up with coursework.

If I test positive for COVID-19 but don't have symptoms, what should I do?

  • Stay home and isolate for 5 days after your COVID-19 test AND if no symptoms have developed. If symptoms develop, follow the protocol above for a person who tests positive and has symptoms.
  • If you have a fever, continue to stay at home until 24 hours have passed after the fever.
  • Notify Eli Zucksworth, the Redlands Institutional Compliance Officer. 
  • Contact your instructors to make arrangements to keep up with coursework.

If I’ve been exposed to someone with COVID-19, what should I do?

If you have been boosted OR completed the Pfizer or Moderna series within the last 6 months OR completed the J&J series in the past 2 months:

  • Wear a mask around others for 10 days after exposure. 
  • Test on day 5 from exposure if possible.
  • If you develop symptoms, get tested and follow the protocol above.

If you completed the Pfizer or Moderna series over 6 months ago and are not boosted OR completed the J&J series over 2 months ago and are not boosted OR are not vaccinated:

  • Stay home for 5 days after exposure and then wear a mask around others for an additional 5 days.
  • If you can’t stay home, you should wear a mask for 10 days after the date of exposure. 
  • Test on day 5 from exposure if possible.
  • If you are staying home, notify Eli Zucksworth, the Redlands Institutional Compliance Officer, and contact your instructors to make arrangements to keep up with coursework.
  • If you develop symptoms, get tested and follow the protocol above.

 

Oklahoma Health Department recommendation for calculating your isolation or quarantine start and end date: 

  • Day your symptoms started (day zero)
  • Day you tested (day zero)
  • If you tested, without symptoms, and are awaiting a result and now have an onset of symptoms, your day zero will now be the day your symptoms started
  • Last day of exposure (day zero)

CDC recommendations are available online.