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COVID-19 Health and Safety Measures
- Safety First!
As we prepare for the new school term, our goal is to ensure that all stakeholders and community
members remain safe during this COVID-19 pandemic. The University will continue to have virtual
classes with minimum provision for onsite clinical training and assessment. The University's health and
safety measures are grounded on the currently available data and science, the recommendations of GAU
Health and Safety Committee – COVID-19 Task Force, the WHO guidelines, and National COVID-19
Task Force guidance. These measures are essential to GAU's efforts to reduce risk to a level that would
allow for minimum on-campus activities. As the pandemic evolves, these measures will be subject to
change.

Monitoring Symptoms

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More than 35% of positive COVID-19 cases in Guyana are asymptomatic ; however, we still encourage
the monitoring of symptoms as a best practice to mitigate the risk of spreading COVID-19.
 Stakeholders Community visitors who frequent the premises will wholly and honestly fill out a
daily self-attestation of symptoms and temperature through a mobile application
 Stakeholders Community visitors who do not frequent the premises (only picking up materials,
attending a short training session) will not seek to gain entry to campus buildings without a
scheduled appointment. Before entering the building, they must be cleared by a medical provider
and received a risk assessment badge allowing access to campus buildings.
 Stakeholders Community visitors will watch for symptoms if they have been in close contact with
a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 and will follow recommendations of public
health authorities.
 The University recognizes the importance of protecting private health information and the
autonomy of the individual and will limit to the extent possible what personal information is
collected, who has access to it, how it is used.

Quarantine & Isolation

Quarantine and Isolation of persons exposed to COVID-19 positive patients is the best practice in
reducing the spread of the COVID-19. Limiting close face-to-face contact with others is the best way to
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reduce the spread of COVID-19 (CDC 2020)
 Stakeholders and Community visitors will self-quarantine, as instructed by a health care provider,
based on reported symptoms, close contact with a COVID-19 infected person or person under
investigation for possible COVID-19.
 All stakeholders who have recently travel will quarantine for

1 Guyana Chronicle Newspaper: https://guyanachronicle.com/2020/05/16/35-of-covid-19-cases-are-
asymptomatic/

2 CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/social-distancing.html

10 Last updated 8/25/2020