Updates: COVID-19 Isolation/Quarantine Guidelines

1月. 11, 2022

Dear Andrews University community,

A warm welcome (even amidst these winter snows 和 cold) to each one of you as we begin a new semester on our Berrien Springs campus.

The Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) 和 Berrien County Health Department (BCHD) are implementing significant changes in the recommended time frames for COVID-19 隔离 和 检疫. Those changes are also informed by updated guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control 和 Prevention (CDC). You can review the CDC changes for K–12 schools in their 隔离 和 检疫 guidelines (which Andrews University will follow), 和 additional information on the 基本原理 behind these changes in approach, at those links.

Please also note that the new COVID-19 guidelines continue to emphasize that it is ideal for individuals to be 最新的 with vaccinations. For those who have previously been vaccinated, this now means making sure boosters are also taken at the appropriate time. If you haven’t documented your COVID-19 vaccinations yet, please take a moment to upload your COVID-19 vaccination information, including boosters, 在这 link.

The primary change in approach for the Andrews University community is in the recommended 隔离 or 检疫 time frames. For those who are without symptoms for at least 24 hours at day five of 隔离 or 检疫, the time frame will shift from ten (10) to five (5) days. 从今天开始, the University will make 和 communicate that change in 隔离 和 检疫 time frames for specific University employees 和 students who are currently in, or who will require, 隔离 or 检疫.

We will continue our University case management protocol to ask all individuals who have not been fully vaccinated to 检疫 following close contact with a positive case.

另外, depending on the timing of an individual’s COVID-19 vaccinations, COVID-19 case managers may also ask those individuals to 检疫 if they have had extended or significant contact with a positive case.

无论哪种情况, you should not end 隔离 or 检疫 until you’ve been advised to do so by your COVID-19 case manager.

As we experience 和 implement these changing expectations, we’d like to again offer our significant thanks for your shared 承诺 to keeping our University community as safe 和 healthy as possible.

真诚地,

安德里亚Luxton
总统

莉丝顿亚瑟
教务长