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COVID-19 guidelines change
On Jan. 9, 2024, the California Department of Public Health updated its COVID-19 Isolation Guidance, Testing Guidance, and the State Public Health Officer Order.
The updates impact Cal/OSHA's COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulations and the requirements related to isolating positive cases and testing of close contacts. To ensure that we maintain a safe workplace and safe ANR programming, and comply with public health and occupational safety requirements, all ANR employees must still follow these guidelines.
The updated Quarantine, Isolation, and Return to Work Guidelines and Quarantine, Isolation, and Return to Work Summary Chart can be found on the ANR Environmental Health & Safety website.
Based on the changes to the guidelines by Cal/OSHA and CDPH, UC ANR will adjust and implement the new guidelines for COVID-19, as follows:
If you test positive for COVID-19:
- Report your COVID-19 test or symptoms to the UC ANR COVID-19 safety team at https://ucanr.edu/covidscreening
- Stay home if you have COVID-19 symptoms.
- You may return to working in-person when all of the following are true:
- More than 24 hours have passed since the onset of symptoms,
- You have no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications,
- Symptoms are mild and improving.
- If you have symptoms other than fever, you may voluntarily isolate until symptoms improve or until after Day 10. Day 0 is the symptom onset or positive test day.
- If symptoms are severe, if you are at high risk of serious disease, or have questions concerning care, contact your healthcare provider.
- Wear a well-fitting mask around others through Day 10 after the start of symptoms or testing positive. You may remove your mask sooner than 10 days if you have two sequential negative tests at least one day apart.
- A negative test is not required for return to work.
If you had close contact with someone with COVID-19:
- Wear a well-fitting mask or respirator around others (at your worksite, indoors, in vehicles, in the field when working near others, etc.) for at least 10 days after exposure.
- Monitor yourself for COVID-19 symptoms. If you develop new symptoms, testing is recommended.
- If you are at a higher risk of severe disease or if you've had contact with someone at higher risk of severe disease, testing is recommended.
- You may still voluntarily get tested after the exposure.
- If you test positive, follow the guidelines for testing positive.
The definition of “Close Contact” remains the same.
Close Contact definition: Close Contact occurs through proximity and duration of exposure. Someone who shared the same indoor airspace with an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period is considered Close Contact. Spaces that are separated by floor-to-ceiling walls (e.g., offices, suites, rooms, waiting areas, bathrooms, or break or eating areas that are separated by floor-to-ceiling walls) must be considered distinct indoor airspaces.
In large indoor spaces greater than 400,000 cubic feet per floor (such as open-floor-plan offices, arenas or large meeting spaces, warehouses, large retail stores, or manufacturing/processing facilities), close contact is defined as being within 6 feet of the infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period during the confirmed case's infectious period.
Exception: if you or the Close Contact were wearing a respirator or an N95 mask at the time of interaction.
For more information on the updated guidelines by Cal/OSHA, visit:
- COVID-19 – What Employers Need to Know - Fact Sheet: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/coronavirus/Non-Emergency-regs-summary.pdf
- COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions: https://www.dir.ca.gov/DOSH/Coronavirus/Covid-19-NE-Reg-FAQs.html
Bohart Museum Director Lynn Kimsey: 'Exceptional Faculty Award'
Memories of a 21-Insect Net Salute... When the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES) honored UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, as the recipient of its 2023...
21-Insect Net Salute! Pictured: Lynn Kimsey; David Moody of Bruce Hammock lab; Bruce Hammock, now UC Davis distinguished professor; insect ecologist Richard Rice (1937-2011); mosquito researcher Debbie Dritz, now a vector ecologist, Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control; agricultural entomologist Les Ehler (1946-2016); apiculturist Norm Gary, now UC Davis professor emeritus; ant specialist Phil Ward, now professor.
Professor Richard Bohart, founder of the Bohart Museum, walks through the archway of the 21-Net Insect Salute during the museum dedication.
UC Davis Chancellor James Meyer (right) congratulates Professor Richard Bohart at the museum dedication in 1986. The chancellor died in 2002 and Bohart in 2007.
Let's eat! UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' dinner prior to the award presentations. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The crowd applauds as UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey receives the Exceptional Faculty Award from Dean Helene Dillard at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' dinner. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A toast to the honorees! UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey hold up her glass in a salute to the honorees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Team! In front (from left) are professor Fran Keller, Folsom Lake College; Brennen Dyer, Bohart Museum; Dean Helene Dillard, CA&ES; Lynn Kimsey, award recipient; Linda Rosenfield and her husband Arnold Menke of Bisbee,Ariz.; Tabatha Yang, Bohart Museum; and Joanna Chiu, professor and chair of UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. In back are Jeff Smith, Bohart; Jason Bond, Schlinger Endowed Chair and CA&ES associate dean; and Bob Kimsey, forensic entomologist.
Congrats to UC Davis Distinguished Professor Lynn Kimsey: Exceptional Faculty Member
Congratulations to UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, who was recently selected the recipient of the 2023 Exceptional Faculty Award from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and...
UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, is the recipient of the 2023 Exceptional Faculty Award from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Distinguished Professor Lynn Kimsey: CA&ES Exceptional Faculty Award
UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, is the recipient of the 2023 Exceptional Faculty Award from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES). Kimsey, a recognized...
In this archived image taken at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum, engages two youngsters in singling out butterflies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sascha Nicklisch: Targeting the Varroa Mite
UC Davis environmental toxicologist/biochemist Sascha Nicklisch will discuss how to disarm the defenses of the varroa mite, a major pest of honey bees, at his UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar on Monday, Oct. 23. His...
A varroa mite on a foraging honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
