Will you be taking classes or teaching them at Carolina this year?

According to the University, all students, faculty and staff will be required to be tested for covid-19.

You will also have to wear a mask in certain areas of the campus.

President Bob Caslen made the announcement in a letter posted on the university’s website .

The requirements are:

• Testing. “Diagnostic testing is required for all students, faculty and staff returning to campus.”
• Wearing a face covering. “At a minimum, face coverings are required in all classrooms, the Thomas Cooper Library, Center for Health and Well-Being, fitness centers, Russell House and all dining facilities. The Columbia City Council just passed an ordinance to require face coverings in the city.”
• Washing hands and personal hygiene. “This is an essential behavior to fight infectious diseases, whether it is COVID, the flu or the common cold.”
• Contact tracing. “If you were to test positive for the virus, contact tracing would provide a ready data set on people you had been in close contact who might have been exposed to the virus. This helps ensure they don’t unknowingly spread the disease to others.”
• Physical distancing. “I know it is difficult to maintain physical distance, but we must adhere to the 6 feet standard whenever possible. We must especially adhere to this in areas where we are most vulnerable to the risk of transmitting and contracting the virus. And that has proven to be in close social off-campus areas, like restaurants and bars, as well as within off-campus student residence apartments. It is in these high-risk areas where we are finding the greatest possibilities of transmitting the virus.”