Timely Updates
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8/22/2022 | Return to Work Policy for COVID-19 Exposure and Infection
All UT Health San Antonio employees, faculty, or students who have had a positive COVID-19 test must notify the covid-19@uthscsa.edu email address. Below is the information for return to work/school depending on the severity of your COVID-19 illness. M …
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7/29/22 | Bexar County COVID-19 community risk level high; take precautions
Dear UT Health San Antonio faculty, staff and learners: Based on data reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as of July 28 2022, Bexar County’s COVID-19 community risk level remains high and worsening. The BA.5 variant is the …
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7/8/22 | Bexar County COVID-19 community level at medium (yellow)
Dear UT Health San Antonio faculty, staff and learners: Based on data reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as July 8 2022, Bexar County has been elevated to red status, or high level for COVID-19 with positivity rates at 30% …
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6/14/2022 | Return to Work Policy for COVID-19 Exposure and Infection
All UT Health San Antonio employees, faculty, or students who have had a positive COVID-19 test must notify the covid-19@uthscsa.edu email address. Below is the information for return to work/school depending on the severity of your COVID-19 illness. …
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March 21, 2022 | COVID-19 numbers down, safety protocols updated
Dear UT Health San Antonio faculty, staff and learners: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has lowered its COVID-19 community level risk matrix for Bexar County to “Low.” Based on this information, UT Health San Antonio is adjusting c …
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EVUSHELD™ to be made available in future
EVUSHELD™ is an investigational medicine used in adults and adolescents as a pre-exposure measure designed to prevent COVID-19 disease. When enough supply is received, UT Health San Antonio will make available EVUSHELD™ for those not currently infected …
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11/5/21 | From the Chief Medical Officer: Pediatric COVID-19 vaccines now available
Dear faculty, staff, students and residents: UT Health San Antonio offers COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old. Convenient appointments can be scheduled for both children and adults at COVID-19 Vaccination Schedulin …
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11/3/2021 | Message from the Chief Medical Officer: COVID-19 vaccine approved for children ages 5 to 11
Dear faculty, staff, students and residents: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has endorsed the recommendation that children 5 to 11 years old be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pf …
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September 23, 2021 | Non-essential travel suspended through Dec. 31
Dear UT Health San Antonio faculty, staff, students, residents and fellows: Due to continued concerns with the highly infectious and emerging COVID-19 variants, non-essential travel that does not support vital humanitarian efforts or critical business …
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9/21/21 | COVID-19 booster vaccines for our faculty, staff and students available
Dear faculty, staff, students and residents: Following recommendations set forth by the Food and Drug Administration on Sept. 17, 2021, UT Health San Antonio is now providing COVID-19 vaccine boosters to our front-line health care workers, as well as a …