If You Develop Symptoms of COVID-19
At this point, COVID-19 symptoms include one or more of the following: fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting and diarrhea.
Faculty, staff and students who live on campus or regularly come to campus are required to report the development of any COVID-19-like symptoms on the Daily Health Assessment.
On-campus Students
- Immediately remain in, or return to and remain in your room. On-campus students living in doubles should contact DCL to temporarily be assigned a single by DCL.
- Contact the Health Center to schedule a telephone appointment with a health care provider. The provider will help coordinate your care and treatment. Each report of symptoms will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
Off-campus Students
- Do not come to campus.
- Contact the Health Center. If you are living near campus you can receive diagnostic testing from the Health Center, or you can contact your health care provider for testing. Each report of symptoms will be handled on a case-by-case basis by the Health Center.
Faculty and Staff
- Do not come to campus.
- Notify your immediate supervisor of your absence and report your illness symptoms to the Brandeis Occupational Health Specialist at 781-736-8757.
- Contact your health care provider to schedule a test and to coordinate your care and treatment.
- To return to campus, you must obtain and provide the Brandeis Occupational Health Specialist with written documentation from your health care provider that you are not infected with COVID-19.
Official notice that you can return to campus will be sent via email from the Occupational Health Specialist. You cannot return to campus unless you’ve received this notification.