Update for Residents Returning to Campus

January 2, 2021

Dear Housing Residents,

Happy New Year!  This message is intended for residents who left campus during the break and will be returning in January.  Please see important steps you must complete when you return in order to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 on campus: 

Residents returning after January 16: 

1. Start your quarantine two weeks prior to your return.
2. Schedule your asymptomatic COVID-19 test ASAP.  Your test must be within 48 hours of your return to campus. Walk-in appointments are available.
3. Prepare to sequester on campus for at least seven days.

Residents returning before January 16

1. Please review the Student Affairs message from Dec 30th, strongly encouraging current housing residents who left campus for the break to not return to campus until January 16th.
2. If you have not done it yet, please indicate the reason why you must return to campus before January 16.
3. Where possible, start your quarantine two weeks prior to your return.
4. Schedule your asymptomatic COVID-19 test ASAP.  Your test must be within 48 hours of your return to campus. Walk-in appointments are available.
5. Prepare to sequester on campus for at least 14 days.

To stay on top of campus Covid information and updates, visit the UCI Forward Coronavirus hub at https://uci.edu/coronavirus/. 

If you have questions regarding these updates or other COVID-19-related issues in Housing, please email them to HousingCovidQuestion@uci.edu. 

Sincerely,