Public Health Updates

COVID-19 Information

Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to perform daily self-health screenings for infectious
illnesses, including COVID-19. Anyone with signs or symptoms of infectious illness should stay
home when sick, seek medical care if necessary, and take measures to avoid contact with others.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to provide these
guidelines for respiratory illnesses

Visit our website for complete COVID resources

FREE COVID TESTS FOR U.S. HOUSEHOLDS, FALL 2024

The US government is providing another round of FREE! COVID tests for each household, starting Sept. 30., 2024. Please click on the following link to complete a quick and easy order form: https://special.usps.com/testkits.

Each household may order four kits consisting of two tests each, for a total of of eight tests. This is totally FREE! Please take advantage of this now, before you are sick, so you have them on hand if you begin feeling ill. Right now at Walgreens a pack of two tests is currently selling for $23.99, so ordering FREE! tests now will save a lot of money and time!

In addition to stocking up on tests, remember to practice infection prevention on a daily basis, which includes:

--frequent handwashing

--social distancing

--wearing masks in crowded areas

--sanitizing your space

--staying home if you feel sick

This can prevent against flu, cold, RSV, COVID, and other contagious illnesses. For any other information on how to stop the spread of COVID, visit

https://www.cdc.gov/covid/prevention/index.html or call the Wellness Center at (845) 341-4870.