September 20 Weekly CIRT Campus Update
CIRT Update
Published September 20, 2021
Dear students, staff and faculty:
Below, please find important campus, regional and national updates from the COVID-19 Incident Response Team (CIRT).
Campus Status
Over the past seven days, there have been two positive case of COVID-19 reported through the on-campus campus screening program. For more data on the screening program, please visit please visit Coronavirus Screening.
New COVID-19 Dashboard
The college has updated its dashboard with weekly views and community vaccination data. “Cumulative results” now begin on August 15, 2021. Our total number of cases since then is seven.
Student and Employee Flu Shot Guidance
The college is working on obtaining flu vaccines for students and employees. Students will have priority for the vaccines, so employees are encouraged to get vaccines through local clinics or their primary care providers. Flu shot clinic times and locations will be announced as soon as possible.
All-Community Meeting
Our next all-community update meeting will take place this Wednesday, September 22, at 12:30 p.m. on Zoom: https://smith.zoom.us/j/93293837876. As usual, we will provide updates and answer your questions.
Employee Testing Expectation Reminder
Now that most employees are back working together on campus, we want to ensure everyone understands the COVID-19 mandatory testing expectations.
As a reminder, employees are required to participate in the college’s COVID-19 screening program and will be tested weekly for those fully vaccinated and twice-weekly for those who have an approved exemption from vaccination.
- If you currently work remotely 100% of the time, you do not need to participate in the testing program unless/until you plan to visit campus.
- If you currently work remotely 100% of the time but come to campus to utilize services like the library or gym, you must be tested once a week.
- Employees who know they will be away from campus for at least a week (vacation, sick time, etc) should inform the Testing Team by emailing them at testingandtracing@smith.edu. Employees taking vacation or personal days for at least a week should submit time-off requests in Workday a week ahead of time to avoid compliance notification errors. Employees who are away for less than one week of time must participate in weekly testing.
Employees who fail to comply with the mandatory COVID-19 testing protocol will face corrective action up to and including written warnings, being placed on unpaid leave and including termination.
As always, please send any questions to covid19info@smith.edu
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