October 23, 2020 | Covid-19 Response Team Weekly Update Dear RVU Family: COVID-19 cases are on the rise. Both CO and UT have had greater than 10% increases from the previous week. At RVU, 4 people tested positive for COVID-19 with 4 tests still pending since our email last week. The CDC estimates up to 500,000 new cases may be reported nationwide during the week ending November 14. Here are this week’s updates: CRT Town Hall. Please plan on attending the next COVID-19 Town Hall scheduled for Wednesday, November 11 at noon. Please submit any questions to the CRT by 2:00 PM Friday, November 6th. You should direct your questions to: Colorado Students – jack.strickland@rvu.edu Utah Students – maxton.muir@rvu.edu Employees – covidhr@rvu.edu Get your flu shot. Getting vaccinated for influenza is more important than ever before because of COVID-19. It is possible to get both infections at the same time. That would be really bad.   COVID-19 tests. If you think you may have COVID-19, consider getting tested yourself. Cigna, our employee insurance company is offering free COVID-19 tests to insured employees who are experiencing COVID symptoms or have been exposed to someone with COVID. This offer is currently set to […]

COVID-19 Menu COVID-19 Home RVU Reintegration Plan RVU Policies Students Employees Additional Resources FAQs Screening and Attestation Form (iNet)   External Links Centers for Disease Control World Health Organization Colorado Coronavirus Gov Utah Coronavirus Gov (Web) Southwest Utah Public Health Dept. COVID-19 Tracking (Updated Mon. 10/19) Location Cases Per 100K People Deaths Per 100K People Colorado 85,279 1,481 2,176 (+63) 38 Utah 94,394 2,944 543(+26) 17 Arizona 231,149 3,176 5,827(+68) 80 Kansas 70,272 2,412 859(+85) 29 Wyoming 9,025 1,559 57(+3) 10 Idaho 53,092 2,971 528(+21) 30  

October 16, 2020 | CRT Weekly Update Dear RVU Family, We have had four contact tracing cases this past week, with one 3rd year student testing positive. The UT campus also had several case investigations due to a COVID positive person who was at an off-campus social gathering with some of our students. Here are this week’s updates: UT mask mandate. In response to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Utah, the Governor issued a mask mandate for Washington county (St. George, Ivins) from October 15 – 29. Further, Utah’s color guidance system was changed to low, moderate, and high transmission index levels. لعبة بينجو Our UT campus area is in moderate status. Source. New students on the CRT. We welcome the new SGA Presidents Max Muir (UT) and Jack Strickland (CO) to the CRT as student representatives. موقع قمار اون لاين Revised S&A Form. The online Screening and Attestation Form has been improved and updated. Click here for a 1-minute video for tips on how to fill out the form on your smart phone. MYTH: The vaccine is coming out soon so RVU should be in Phase Green next semester. FACT: We do not know exactly when a safe, […]

October 14, 2020 | Revised Screening and Attestation Form Dear RVU Community, This email is to inform you that revisions were made to our Screening and Attestation Form. The updated screening questions will provide more information for better and faster processing by the medical officers. Please read the new questions carefully as you fill out the form. Thank you   CONNECT WITH US Colorado Campus Southern Utah Campus @RockyVistaU Colorado Campus Southern Utah Campus Rocky Vista University COVID-19 NEWS

October 9, 2020 | CRT Weekly Update Dear RVU Family, Since the beginning of our response to COVID-19, we have committed to transparency and regular communications with our RVU community as we follow our guiding principles. However, we will work to keep our correspondences more concise.   Contact Tracing Cases: We have had 5 contact tracing cases this past week but so far no new positive COVID-19 cases are reported for faculty or students. How COVID-19 Spreads: The CDC has recently updated information regarding how COVID-19 spreads. It is now reported that airborne transmission can occur as smaller droplets or particles containing the virus can linger in the air for minutes to hours in certain conditions. Is it the flu or COVID? Many of the symptoms of COVID-19 and influenza are similar, so how do we tell them apart? You can learn more by watching this 3 minute video created by a reputable osteopathic family physician educator Jennifer Caudle, DO. MYTH: The mortality rate of COVID-19 is about the same as the flu.   FACT:   So far there have been over 1 million global deaths attributed to COVID-19 and these numbers will continue to rise as the novel virus continues […]