Subject: Reminder: COVID-19 exposure, travel and boosters
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 08:55:43 -1000
From: Office of Communications <announce@hawaii.edu>
Aloha faculty and staff,
As the State of Hawaiʻi is currently experiencing a surge of COVID-19 cases, we want to do all we can to ensure the health and safety of our campus communities. Please consider the following to help prevent the spread of the virus:
If you know you have been exposed to the virus, or begin to experience symptoms, please get tested (PCR or at-home antigen test) before returning to campus or UH facility, no matter your vaccination status.
If returning from personal or university-approved, out-of-state travel, it is strongly recommended that you take a COVID-19 test (PCR or at-home antigen test) within two days of return to the state and BEFORE returning to a UH campus or facility. It is also strongly recommended that a follow up test be taken on day five after your return.
Everyone is strongly recommended to be up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccination that includes receiving the 1st booster shot, and 2nd booster shot, if eligible.
The 10-campus system will continue to provide recommendations and update guidelines—such as recently reinstituting the indoor mask requirement–-depending on the level of community transmission. The decisions will continue to be based on recommendations by UH medical and public health experts and the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health.
Mahalo for your understanding and cooperation in helping prevent the spread of COVID-19, and doing your part to keep our community healthy.
Mālama pono,
Office of Communications