COVID-19 Education
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person.
Members of the St. Thomas community should take action to protect themselves and others from infection.
Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after you are exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19 and can include: fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, headache, muscle pain, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.
If you have symptoms of COVID-19, you should get tested.
Students and employees who test positive for COVID-19 are expected to follow CDC guidance.
If you test positive for COVID, you may return to normal activities when,
- for at least 24 hours, symptoms are improving overall, and
- if a fever was present, it has been gone without use of a fever-reducing medication
Once you resume normal activities, for the next 5 days you are encouraged to take additional prevention strategies such as,
- wearing a well-fitting mask
- keeping a distance from others
- washing hands often
- and/or getting tested for respiratory viruses