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COVID-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES AND 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.

COVID-19 Testing

 It is currently not a requirement unless requested by a healthcare provider. We will encourage

any stakeholder or community visitor to get tested if they have been in contact with anyone who
was tested positive for COVID-19

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 honestly and 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.

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

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