Safe reopening of college campuses during COVID-19: The University of California experience in Fall 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Epidemics of COVID-19 in student populations at universities were a key concern for the 2020-2021 school year. The University of California (UC) System developed a set of recommendations to reduce campus infection rates. SARS-CoV-2 test results are summarized for the ten UC campuses during the Fall 2020 term.

Methods

UC mitigation efforts included protocols for the arrival of students living on-campus students, non-pharmaceutical interventions, daily symptom monitoring, symptomatic testing, asymptomatic surveillance testing, isolation and quarantine protocols, student ambassador programs for health education, campus health and safety pledges, and lowered density of on-campus student housing. We used data from UC campuses, the UC Health-California Department of Pub

SUBMITTER: Pollock BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8568179 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature