The 'New Normal'

What's Changing?

• Starting today, operational needs related to the new normal will be led by Environment Health & Safety (EH&S).
• The Return to Learn website will no longer be live and will begin redirecting to the EH&S COVID-19 webpage.
• The daily symptom screener will no longer be required for students or employees who are coming to campus. However, you must complete the symptom screener if you are not feeling well, have been exposed to COVID-19 or have tested positive for COVID-19.
• Symptomatic testing will no longer be required for students and employees, but it is strongly recommended. It is recommended that you test 3 to 5 days after an exposure to COVID-19 or if you develop symptoms consistent with COVID-19. Please visit the EH&S COVID-19 webpage for more information about how to report your results and what to do if you have been exposed to or tested positive for COVID-19.
• Masking in non-health care settings is optional. Masking remains required in UC San Diego Health clinical settings during face-to-face direct patient care (ambulatory and acute care settings) and when an individual requests masking. Patient and visitor masking is optional EXCEPT for infection prevention precautions (e.g., have or are suspected to have an infectious respiratory pathogen such as tuberculosis, measles, influenza, COVID-19, RSV). Patients may be advised to wear a mask by their medical team if they are immunocompromised or during periods of reduced immunity. Visitors are asked to wear a mask if a patient requests masking. More details about green tier guidelines for UC San Diego Health employees can be found on Pulse. Patients and visitors can find more information on the UC San Diego Health Visitor Information webpage.
  

• The UC Vaccination policy currently applies.
• UC San Diego wastewater testing will continue until further notice.
• The UC San Diego COVID-19 Daily Dashboard will remain active until further notice.
• The Required Notification of Potential Exposure Building Locations will be distributed once monthly to campus and daily to supervisors and employees in affected worksites.
• Rapid antigen tests will still be available to campus community members via campus vending machines.
• Masks will be made available via the campus vending machines in advance of the new academic year. In the meantime, EH&S is able to provide masks upon request.

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