Feeling Sick? (FAQs)

If you receive a positive PCR COVID test result or you are exposed to a person who tests positive for COVID, please report the case to our SLU Coronavirus Liaison per the reporting structure below. Make sure to provide your full name and a telephone number where we can reach you.

Isolation

“Please report your positive COVID test results to our SLU Coronavirus Liaison (CoronavirusLiaison@slu.cuny.edu). Make sure to provide your full name and a telephone number where you can be reached.

Test results will be accepted from CUNY testing sites or other licensed test providers.

Isolation Guidelines if You Test Positive for COVID-19

Everyone, regardless of vaccination status.

• Stay home for 5 days (day 0 is your first day of symptoms, or the day of your first positive test if you do not develop symptoms).
• If you have no symptoms or your symptoms are resolving after 5 days, you can leave your house.
• In order to return to CUNY after isolation, you must receive a negative PCR or Antigen test (we strongly recommend an Antigen test, if available).

o Collect the test sample only if you are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication and your other symptoms have improved.

o If your test result is positive, you should continue to isolate until day 10. Following day 10, you must receive a negative PCR or Antigen test before returning to CUNY.

o In lieu of a negative test, individuals may provide a doctor’s certification that they have recovered from COVID-19.

• Continue to wear a well-fitting mask around others for 5 additional days; if you cannot wear a mask, continue to isolate for 5 days.
• If you have a fever, continue isolation until you are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.
• If you were severely ill with COVID-19 you should isolate for at least 10 days. Consult your doctor before ending isolation.to wear a we

If you are required to isolate, you must receive a negative test or doctor’s certification prior to returning to campus.

SLU will continue to aid in the identification of exposures, and notify close contacts, as appropriate, of exposure as soon as possible after being notified that someone in the campus has tested positive or been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Masks are recommended to be worn while on campus.

CUNY employees and students are able to access any CUNY Testing site to get their free COVID test.

SLU employees and registered SLU students are eligible to borrow a laptop for the duration of the term.  Please review the SLU Laptop Loaner Program for more information.

Please follow all SLU protocols when accessing the campus to pick up the laptops.

If you feel sick while on campus, we ask that you immediately inform your advisor via email and leave the campus. If you are unable to leave the campus immediately, we have reserved the follow classrooms as isolation rooms for you to use while you wait to be picked up:

• Isolation Rooms: 18^th floor classroom 1804, 19^th floor classroom 19A, throughout the hours of operation

Hand sanitizing stations are located by entrances to the campus, in common areas, and inside classrooms.

• Everyone using the shared printers, pantries, and water coolers must use hand sanitizers before using any items.
• Please bring your own water jug to use the water coolers, cups are no longer being provided.

All new students coming to campus for the first time in the spring for in-person and hybrid courses, or any other on-campus activities will be required to submit proof of vaccination, unless a religious or medical exemption has been approved. Students must upload proof of being fully-vaccinated prior to the start of classes for the spring term. A person is considered fully vaccinated:

• Two weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, such as Pfizer or Moderna or;
• Two weeks after a single dose vaccine such as Johnson & Johnson (J&J), or;
• At the time specified in either in the FDA licensure or World Health Organization (WHO) approval, after the final vaccination of any other vaccines

Additionally, students are strongly encouraged to receive vaccine boosters, once eligible.

Note: Individuals who received a World Health Organization (WHO) approved vaccination other than the three listed above must provide more information. Students can reach out to your Campus Location Vaccination Authority (LVA) for details.

CUNY will continue to aid in the identification of exposures, and notify close contacts, as appropriate, of exposure as soon as possible after being notified that someone in the campus has tested positive or been diagnosed with COVID-19.

CDC Guidance that CUNY and Campuses will continue to follow:

• As soon as possible after they are notified that someone has tested positive for or been diagnosed with COVID-19, campuses should notify close contacts of exposure, in accordance with applicable privacy and other laws.

• Individuals who test positive for COVID-19 or have COVID-19 symptoms should isolate and notify their close contacts that they may have been exposed to COVID-19 and refer close contacts to the state or local health department website to learn about the steps they should take because of the exposure.

• All individuals should follow the CDC domestic travel recommendations and international travel recommendations before reporting to work or campus and notify their manager in advance of the travel dates and should quarantine be required.
• Any students, faculty or staff engaging in official travel on behalf of CUNY must follow the latest approval requirements for domestic and international travel.

If you were exposed to someone with COVID-19, regardless of vaccination status, :

• You do not need to quarantine.
• Wear a well-fitting mask around others for 10 days.
• Get tested at least 5 days after your close contact (the date of your exposure is considered day 0); if you test positive, stay home and isolate per guidelines above, and report the positive test result to SLU Coronavirus Liaison team (CoronavirusLiaison@slu.cuny.edu). If you are required to isolate, you must receive a negative test or doctor’s certification prior to returning to campus.”
• If your exposure is from someone you live with, you must reach out to your Campus Coronavirus Liaison via email (CoronavirusLiaison@slu.cuny.edu). If you are required to isolate, you must receive a negative test or doctor’s certification prior to returning to campus.”
• If you develop symptoms, get a test, stay home and follow the isolation guidelines above; if you test positive report the positive test result to SLU Coronavirus Liaison team (CoronavirusLiaison@slu.cuny.edu). If you are required to isolate, you must receive a negative test or doctor’s certification prior to returning to campus.”