COVID-19 Updates and Plans
Your resource for all plans, news, and updates regarding the changes to our campus community due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID Community Level: Green
Masks are always optional unless communicated otherwise.
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Unless we’re experiencing a certain level of positive cases on campus that wearing a mask will be a personal choice based on your own comfort level, risk, and health history.
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Masks are always welcome.
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Faculty and staff can encourage mask wearing in their classroom or workspace.
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We must respect each other’s choices and unique circumstances.
Based on data and our collective experiences over the past three years managing COVID-19, we are now making a change to how we will evaluate and respond to COVID-19 levels. We will now focus on metrics based on our campus COVID-19 levels in real time, rather than the CDC’s wider community levels.
This allows us to make informed decisions based on more local information regarding what is happening on campus, which allows for more flexibility and for us to respond to positive cases and clusters quickly and effectively.
Effective immediately, our new campus levels and recommendations are as follows:
Updated Levels and Recommendations
Level | Description | Recommendations |
Green | On-campus COVID-19 positive cases low |
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Yellow | On campus COVID-19 positive cases above 1% of campus community population |
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Orange | On campus COVID-19 positive cases above 2% of campus community population |
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Cluster Monitoring | Health Services, in cooperation with residential and academic units, will continuously monitor active cases and work to address any cluster outbreaks of COVID-19. | Identified clusters may initiate additional precautionary mitigation methods to stop the spread amongst the associated cluster populations:
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Important Reminders
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All community members must test if they feel sick.
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Students who test positive should report their results immediately to Health Services at (914) 251-6380. If it is after business hours, please email adrienne.belluscio@purchase.edu.
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Faculty and staff who test positive must notify Human Resources via the Covid-19 Reporting Form. Faculty and staff who test positive are responsible for notifying colleagues.