If you're feeling ill or suspect COVID-19:

• Stay home and call your doctor or health care provider if you are experiencing any possible symptoms of COVID-19. 
• Avoid contact with others. Do not go to public areas.
• Review the COVID-19 Fact Sheet.
• On-campus health professionals can be reached at:
  Student Health Services
  Tel: (671) 735-2225/6
  Email: uogstudenthealth@triton.uog.edu

Personal precautions:

The UOG community is taking measures to protect the community from the COVID-19 pandemic. To be effective, we all need to take personal responsibility for reducing the spread of the virus. It's especially important for us all to protect the elderly, the very young, and those with chronic conditions or impaired immune systems. It is also important not to panic, stay calm, and remain vigilant and prudent in all our planning and actions.

Everyone at UOG and in our community can take everyday preventative measures in the face of this public health threat by:

• Keep a log of where you go and who you're with. 
• Practice “social distancing” by staying away from other people and avoiding crowds. When meeting with others, try to keep a distance of 8 to 10 feet between you.
• Because it is flu and respiratory disease season, the Centers for Disease Control recommends getting a flu vaccine, taking everyday preventive actions to help stop the spread of germs, and taking flu antivirals if prescribed.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. However, if soap and water are not available, use alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
• Avoid touching your mouth, eyes, and nose with unwashed hands.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
• Practice proper coughing and sneezing etiquette: Cover your mouth and nose, use a tissue, or use the inside of your arm, then dispose of the tissue and wash your hands.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects or surfaces. Wipe down surfaces at work or at home that could be contaminated with the virus. Use bleach sprays, disinfectant wipes, or soap and water.
• Avoid touching the "T-zone" of your mouth, nose, and eyes unless you have not touched any possibly contaminated surface since last washing your hands.
• Make a plan:
  • Build a communication plan: How you will receive emergency alerts? How you will communicate with your household?
  • Talk with family members and loved ones about how they would be cared for if they got sick. Plan where they would stay in the home to avoid infecting others and what will be needed to care for them in your home.
  • Consider specific needs in your household: Discuss your needs and responsibilities and how people in the network can assist each other with communication, care of children, business, pets, or specific needs like the operation of durable medical equipment. Create your own personal network for specific areas where you need assistance.
  • Practice your plan with your household.

When on campus:

• Face masks are required.
• Practice social distancing from others, and do not congregate.
• Frequently wash your hands and (for employees) sanitize frequently touched objects in your workspace. 
• Keep a log of where you go and who you're with should it be needed later for contact tracing.

When to stay home:

• If you have flu-like symptoms, including a fever, dry cough, or shortness of breath. Notify your doctor or GMH and then self-quarantine at home to avoid infecting others for at least 14 days after you've recovered.
• If you've come in contact with a person who is suspected to have or tests positive for COVID-19. Review this DPHSS guidance on being a contact or contact of a contact.
• Note: Some employees who are in a 14-day self-quarantine may work from home with the approval from their supervisors and their administrator. Students in a 14-day self-quarantine may participate in classes with accommodations from their faculty. 

Major events and large public gatherings

UOG Travel Advisory

In light of the concerns and spread of COVID-19, effective immediately, ALL OFFICIAL TRAVEL IS SUSPENDED. Exceptions may be made by the appropriate vice president.

UOG employees and students SHOULD NOT travel to locations at Alert Level 3 and are strongly advised against traveling to or transiting through locations at Alert Level 2. It is highly recommended that all individuals consider the same for personal travel.

Assumed risk

Should a travel authorization not be approved by UOG, employees and students still choosing to travel would be travelling on their own time, at their own costs, and at their own risks. Employees would be required to use personal leave.

If you choose to travel, please be aware that there is a chance that you may not be able to leave the country you are visiting and may not be able to return to Guam right away. This would depend on any changes to this evolving situation including alert levels, exposure to COVID-19, and changes to travel routes. In such cases, you should prepare a contingency plan for your travel.

The University advises checking the latest travel recommendations and risk assessment levels for certain countries at the following websites:

• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: Coronavirus Disease 2019 Information for Travel
• U.S. Department of State: International Travel

Returning from travel

Beginning March 13, 2020, ALL EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS returning to Guam from off-island travel after visiting or transiting through any country, state, or territory with reported COVID-19 cases should observe a 14-day self-quarantine before returning to the campus. Upon arriving on-island, you could also be subject to any screening procedures in place by the government of Guam.