If you are planning to gather with family and friends over the upcoming holidays, take steps to help everyone celebrate safer! Here are some things you can do:
- Get vaccinated and boosted. Make sure you and your family are up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines. And it’s a good time to get your flu vaccine, too!
- Check the CDC COVID-19 community level by county before you go and follow recommendations based on the level.
- Consider COVID-19 testing before gathering, particularly if there will be people there who are at higher risk for severe disease.
- Wash your hands often.
- Stay home if you are feeling sick.
Get more tips at Protect Yourself and Others: COVID-19.
Students returning to the Winona campus after the Thanksgiving break are encouraged to test for COVID-19 before they return. If you test positive, please do not return. You should email covid@smumn.edu to report your positive test. Guidance will then be provided.
Also, don’t forget that you can use the COVID isolation and exposure calculator for guidance on isolation and quarantine protocols if you test positive for COVID-19 or are exposed to someone with COVID-19.
