Happy New Year! As part of our ongoing efforts to protect the health of our community, the college’s Health Services office is continuing to provide a weekly update for students, faculty and staff to share COVID-19 testing results and reports of positive cases (on or off campus), as well as important reminders and resources to be aware of during the ongoing pandemic.
LATEST NEWS AND IMPORTANT REMINDERS
- During our winter break, if you have traveled internationally or to a state designed as a high-risk area under New York State’s travel guidelines, be sure you are in compliance with the requirements detailed in New York State’s COVID-19 Travel Advisory before attempting to return to campus. All applicable testing and quarantine requirements outlined in this advisory must be satisfied before you will be allowed to return to campus.
- If you plan to come to campus for any reason, please take a moment to review the safety policies on the college’s COVID-19 webpage to ensure you are in compliance with all regulations first.
- As the region’s transmission and positive testing rates continue to rise, it is more important than ever to stay home if you are experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or if you feel sick in any way. Stay home if you have tested positive or been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 within the past two weeks.
- COVID-19 testing is available at the college for students, faculty and staff. The New York State Department of Health also maintains a COVID-19 testing location page, which provides information on independent testing sites.
CURRENT STATISTICS
SUNY’s COVID-19 tracking website provides data updated daily on COVID-19 cases and testing. Between Dec. 21, 2020 and Jan. 10, 2021 at Hudson Valley Community College:
- 81 students, faculty and staff on campus participated in pooled surveillance testing.
- None of those individuals tested positive to date.
- 4 individuals reported testing positive through testing administered off campus.
COLLEGE RESPONSE
Please know that all individuals who have tested positive are isolating/quarantining off-campus until cleared to return by county and college health officials. As always, enhanced cleaning and disinfection has been completed in areas occupied by individuals testing positive for COVID-19 as well as areas occupied by individuals reporting symptoms consistent with COVID-19 who later tested negative. In accordance with health privacy laws, we cannot provide any personally identifying information about these individuals. College administrators work proactively and directly with county health departments to offer guidance and support to anyone affected by the virus. If contact tracing determines that you may have been exposed to an individual with COVID-19, a county health official or the college’s Health Services staff will contact you. You do not need to take any action unless you hear from them directly.
USEFUL RESOURCES
Detailed information on Hudson Valley’s COVID-19 safety measures and protocols are available on the college’s COVID-19 webpage. You may also contact your county health department for guidance, and or the NYS Coronavirus Hotline at 1-888-364-3065 with questions or concerns.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Please continue to keep these basic safety protocols in mind when you’re on campus:
- STAY HOME IF YOU’RE SICK
- COMPLETE DAILY HEALTH SCREENING
- PARTICIPATE IN WEEKLY POOLED TESTING
- WEAR FACE MASKS
- MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCE
- WASH HANDS OFTEN
- DISINFECT HIGH-TOUCH SURFACES
Thank you for your cooperation in keeping our campus community safe and healthy.
Published: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 13:10:36 +0000 by c.potvingiordano