February 8, 2021 | CRT Update February 8, 2021 Dear RVU Family: Thank you to all who attended the CRT Town Hall on Friday. If you were unable to attend, or would like to view the presentation again, here is the link. Please note that the video is posted on Mediasite, so you will have to sign in to the site to view the video. Our regular update will be sent at the end of the week. Until then, please continue to stay safe and be well. Professionally yours, The COVID-19 Response Team COVID-19 NEWS

February 4, 2021 | CRT Update February 4, 2021 Dear RVU Family, This will be a short CRT email since we have our Town Hall tomorrow to provide more detailed updates. We are hopeful and optimistic as we start the new month of February. Since last week, 2 pre-clinical students and 2 employees tested positive on our Utah campus. Our Colorado campus had 1 pre-clinical student test positive and no employee cases. CRT Town Hall Reminder Please join us tomorrow, Friday, February 5th at 12:00 PM at our CRT Town Hall. Topics to be covered include the RVU Vaccine Plan Updates for both campuses,  an Attestation Form Update, and an update on New Variants. Up to 20 minutes has been reserved for Q&A’s with our panelists: Dr. Park, Dr. Ferrill, Dr. Miller, and Mr. Armstrong. The panelists will answer pre-submitted questions as well as additional questions (time permitting). If your schedule does not allow you to attend live, the recording will be shared with you as always. RVU Vaccine Updates Colorado – The RVU Health Center received 100 Moderna vaccine doses this week. Dr. Kinder and Tiffany Mahaso enlisted the help of Dr. Bentley and 5 RVUCOM students to help pilot […]

January 29, 2021 | CRT Update January 29, 2021 Dear RVU Family, As January winds down, we see a brighter vision of hope as nationwide COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are all trending downward after the post-holidays peak. At RVU, we had one positive student case (CO pre-clinical) and one positive employee case (UT) since last week. Nationwide vaccination efforts are also on the rise and the path to herd immunity is clearly visible. This week’s updates are as follows: CRT Town Hall: Please join us at our next Town Hall on Friday, February 5 at noon. In preparation for the Q & A session, please submit questions by Wednesday, February 3. Employees can email questions to hr@rvu.edu. Students should send questions to your SGA representative on the CRT:  Jack.Strickland@rvu.edu (CO) and Maxton.Muir@rvu.edu (UT) Communicating with CRT: Please remember that when you send an email to the CRT (covid19@rvu.edu), it goes to all 18 people on the distribution list. Please fill out the COVID-19 Attestation Form and wait for a medical officer to contact you if you have concerns about being symptomatic or an exposure risk. You are always welcome to send emails to the CRT regarding campus safety and […]

January 22, 2021 | CRT Update January 22, 2021 Dear RVU Family: Positive cases of COVID-19 have increased nationwide, with COVID related deaths reaching a very somber milestone of hitting the 400,000 mark.  Recent data from Johns Hopkins University reflected almost 4,400 deaths nationwide on Wednesday, the second-most to date (surpassed only by 4,600 deaths on January 12). Since the inception of the pandemic, approximately 24.7 million cases and 407,200 related deaths have been reported in the U.S. Positive cases in CO have increased nearly 4% and close to 6% in Utah. RVU has had 4 new positive cases including 1 pre-clinical student and 3 clinical students. There were no new positive cases among employees last week. The running total of positive RVU cases is 90 (6.77% infection rate) for students and 18 (5.96% infection rate) for employees. Updates for this week are as follows: CRT Town Hall: To ensure our RVU community is kept informed, the COVID Response Team will host its next Town Hall on Friday, February 5 at noon. Communicable Disease Policy Update: The policy has been updated and is available for review on the university’s COVID-19 webpage and can be found here. Please review this document […]