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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SUBJECT: Changes to COVID-19 Protocols<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Campus Community,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></s></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Additional adjustments have been made to the campus COVID-19 management program as a result of updates from the California Department
of Public Health (CDPH). These changes will go into effect immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4472C4"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ending Asymptomatic Testing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Faculty, staff, and students who have an approved COVID-19 vaccination exemption, either medical or religious, will no longer be required
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">to undergo and report weekly testing or wear a mask as part of the non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) requirements.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <span style="color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4472C4"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="background:white;text-autospace:ideograph-other"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">Ending Early Isolation for a COVID-19 Positive Person
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext">(not applicable to health care workers)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Can end isolation and return to work/learning after 5 days (from a positive test) if they feel well, have improving symptoms, and are fever-free for 24 hours.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="color:black">Will no longer need to provide evidence of a negative test via the PnC Porta</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt">l.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="Default" style="color:windowtext;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Must continue to mask until day 10 (from a positive test).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4472C4"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4472C4"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white">Masking in Healthcare Settings<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white">Beginning April 3, 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020;background:white">,
masks will no longer be required for asymptomatic patients, guests, visitors, vendors or staff at all UCR Health locations. Symptomatic patients must wear a mask as will healthcare professionals who provide care for these individuals. Masking will continue
to be encouraged for all individuals.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4472C4"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Continued Reminders<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, please stay at home, use a COVID-19 at-home antigen test, and contact your primary care physician
or UCR Student Health Services. Reporting positive COVID-19 cases through the UCR<span style="color:#4472C4">
</span></span><a href="https://campusreturn.ucr.edu/covid-screening-check?_gl=1*30jzgj*_ga*MTI0MDM1ODQ5MC4xNjUxNTI1OTQ2*_ga_S8BZQKWST2*MTY3ODI5MDk2Ny4xODkuMS4xNjc4MjkwOTc4LjAuMC4w*_ga_Z1RGSBHBF7*MTY3ODI5MDk2Ny4xODkuMS4xNjc4MjkwOTc4LjAuMC4w" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Screening
Check</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">is still required.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4472C4"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You may also be required to undergo COVID-19 testing as part of UCR's isolation and outbreak protocols.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sheila Hedayati <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Environmental Health and Safety<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#868E96"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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