This guidance is for people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and individuals in close contact with someone with COVID-19.
Updated January 17, 2023
Students, employees, and authorized visitors should email COVIDreporting@marin.edu to report the following:
- symptoms of COVID-19;
- a positive test for COVID-19; or
- close contact* to someone with COVID-19
Include M00#, name, telephone number, email, date(s), and location(s) you visited campus, time of symptom onset, and date of the COVID test.
*CLOSE CONTACT
Someone sharing the same indoor airspace, e.g., classroom, office, etc., for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period (for example, three individual 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes) during an infected person's (laboratory-confirmed or a clinical diagnosis) infectious period.
Infectious period is defined as
- For symptomatic infected persons, 2 days before the infected person had any symptoms through Day 10 after symptoms first appeared (or through Day 5 if testing negative on Day 5 or later), and 24 hours have passed with no fever, without the use of fever-reducing medications, and symptoms have improved, OR
- For asymptomatic infected persons, 2 days before the positive specimen collection date through Day 10 after positive specimen collection date (or through Day 5 if testing negative on Day 5 or later) after specimen collection date for their first positive COVID-19 test.
ISOLATION
Separates those infected with a contagious disease from people who are not infected.
QUARANTINE
Separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease in case they become infected. Exposed individuals may develop symptoms, while some become infected with a disease and do not know it, or they may have the disease but do not show symptoms.
Detailed guidance on each of the following scenarios is in the COVID-19 Exposure and Reporting Procedure.
DISCLAIMER: These scenarios represent some of the most common COVID-19 related situations; however, each case is different and may not be exactly the same as your situation. Please contact your instructor or supervisor if you have questions about what to do.
SCENARIO 1
Student/Employee is sick with mild cold/flu symptoms NOT consistent with COVID-19.
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SCENARIO 2
All persons with COVID-19 symptoms, regardless of vaccination status or previous infection, and whether on campus or not, should:
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SCENARIO 3
Individual tests positive for COVID-19, regardless of vaccination status, previous infection, AND individual has been on campus within 14 days.
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SCENARIO 4
Asymptomatic individuals (regardless of vaccination status) has a close contact test positive for COVID-19 or is quarantined.
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SCENARIO 5
College closure — According to CDPH, College of Marin campuses would be required to close if at least 4% of the student body and staff are diagnosed with COVID-19 within a 14-day period.
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