WELCOME TO THE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TELEBRIEFING

10/27/2020

MEDICAL & DATA UPDATES

TIER STATUS

RED (SUBSTANTIAL) TIER- EIGHT WEEK

Unadjusted case rate of 7.4 (7.8 last week) per 100,000

residents and an adjusted rate of 6.5 (7.0 last week)

Adjusted down due to high testing rate (309 vs 239 state

median)

Testing positivity percentage increased to 3.5% (3.3%

last week).

LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS- DAILY CASES

NEW HEALTH EQUITY METRIC

The Health Equity Testing Percentage will place Counties in one of the Tiers:

This metric will NOT move counties back a tier, only up a tier!

Health equity testing positivity percentage dropped from 5.5% to 5.1%. County has submitted required plans to state.

IHE STATUS

As of today, 6 active cases, 3 of which were on campus with total of

44 student cases and 2 in employees

4211 tests with positivity rate of 1.09%, 0.38% in on-campus

students

CSUSM, 18 cases in students (15 of whom lived on campus) and 7

in employees

SDSU Students are encouraged to stay-at-home through 6 am 11/2

OTHER LOCAL INFO

7

COVID Watch updates

Added antigen / probable results, 14-day case rate by zip codes, deaths

by age group per week, potential exposure settings

Influenza Watch weekly publications began (20th year!)

County testing sites now testing children as young as 6 months

Dr. Hood and Dr. Saywer appointed to CA COVID-19 Scientific Safety

Review Workgroup

CDC UPDATES

8https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-race-ethnicity.html

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/covid-data/hospitalization-death-by-race-ethnicity.pdf

COVID-19 Hospitalization and Death by Race/Ethnicity

CDC CLOSE CONTACT UPDATE

NEW INFORMATION ON DEFINING A CLOSE CONTACT

Someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period* starting from 2 days before illness onset (or, for asymptomatic patients, 2 days prior to test specimen collection) until the time the patient is isolated.

Individual exposures added together over a 24-hour period (e.g., three 5-minute exposures for a total of 15 minutes).

Example: It’s no longer defined as “I spent 15 mins in a small room with person X on Tuesday.” It could also be “I made 5 quick trips to speak to X for 3 mins each between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.”

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/contact-tracing/contact-tracing-plan/appendix.html#contact

OTHER UPDATES

10

CDPH Theme Parks Guidance Smaller facilities may resume outdoor operations and limited capacity in

Tier 3 (moderate/orange), while larger parks may do so in Tier 4 (minimal/yellow)

CDPH Sporting Events at Outdoor Stadiums Guidance Live professional sporting events may operate with limited capacity in Tiers

3 and 4 only with pre-assigned tickets to ensure physical distancing of patrons and other modifications

CDPH Industry guidance: Expanded personal care services Hair salons, barbershops, nail salons, tattoo places now all allowed in

Purple tier w/modifications

CDPH COVID-19 Vaccination Plan

CDC has developed a Toolkit for People 15-21

HALLOWEEN & GATHERING GUIDANCE

CDPH – NEW GATHERING GUIDANCE

12

GUIDANCE FOR PRIVATE GATHERINGS (10/9/2020) 1. Attendance

3 Households Maximum & keep Households Stable Over Time

2. Gather Outdoors & Keep it Short-Two hours or less

3. Don't Attend Gatherings If You Feel Sick or You Are in a High-Risk Group

4. Practice Physical Distancing and Hand Hygiene at Gatherings

5. Wear a Face Covering to Keep COVID-19 from Spreading

6. Avoid Singing, Chanting, and Shouting Health Officer Order Updated

October 9, 2020

13

PRACTICE THE BIG FOUR

HALLOWEEN GUIDANCE

Halloween Guidance* during the COVID-19 pandemic!

To minimize the spread of COVID-19 and ensure children have a fun, safe Halloween, the County of San Diego offers guidance for the most common

activities to protect you and your loved ones

Available in multiple languages.

HALLOWEEN GUIDANCE UPDATE

15

NOT ALLOWED:

• In-person gatherings, events, or parties with

more than 3 households are not permitted,

even if they are conducted outdoors, since

maintaining 6-feet of distance between

participants cannot be easily maintained.

NOTIFICATION OF A POSITIVE CASE

SCHOOL IS NOTIFIED OF POSITIVE COVID-19 CASE IN STUDENT OR STAFF

SCHOOL SHOULD BE NOTIFIED BY STAFF/STUDENT/FAMILY

OF STUDENT OR THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO

Student or Staff has + COVID-19 test

Staff notifies school COVID-19 Liaison

Parent/student notifies school

School’s COVID-19 Liaison is contacted by County of San

Diego

COVID-19 LIAISON NOTIFIES COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES (A & B)

SCHOOL’S COVID LIAISON MUST CONTACT THE

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

Call: 888-950-9905 Fill out online Notification Form at

on the Coronavirus-sd.com/K12Schoolswebsite. Can be utilized for all

education sector(s).

OR

ISOLATE AND EXCLUDE

ISOLATE CASE AND EXCLUDE FROM SCHOOL FOR 10 AT LEAST

DAYS FROM SYMPTOM ONSET OR TEST DATE

Home Isolation Support• Home Isolation Guidelines• Temporary Lodging Program (For family that needs support to Isolate or Quarantine)

ID CONTACTS (†)

IDENTIFY CONTACTS (†):

QUARANTINE & EXCLUDE EXPOSED CONTACTS (LIKELY ENTIRE COHORT (††)) FOR 14

DAYS AFTER THE LAST DATE THE CASE WAS PRESENT AT SCHOOL WHILE INFECTIOUS

Recommend testing of close contacts, prioritize symptomatic contacts (testing will NOT

shorten 14-day quarantine)

See Quarantine Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

o (†) A close contact is defined as someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person

for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period. In some school

situations, it may be difficult to determine whether individuals have met this criterion

and an entire cohort, classroom, or other group may need to be considered exposed,

particularly if people have spent time together indoors

o (††) A cohort is a stable group with fixed membership that stays together for courses

and avoids contact with other persons or cohorts

RECOMMEND TESTING OF CONTACTS, PRIORITIZE SYMPTOMATIC CONTACTS

ENCOURAGE AND RECOMMEND TESTING

School Staff Students

• Anyone (3 months and up) may be tested at any of the county’s public testing sites

• School personnel should contact their school or school district for information on receiving a test

• For students, contact student health services or primary care provider for testing. If unable to get tested thru PCP, then State & County sites are available for free testing. To find a location or day a testing site is occurring, call 2-1-1 or go to the county’s public testing sites

DISINFECT AND CLEAN

DISINFECTION AND CLEANING OF CLASSROOM AND PRIMARY

SPACES WHERE CASE SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME

o COVID-19 Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfection

o Cleaning & Disinfecting Your Facility

NOTIFY

CONSIDER NOTIFICATION TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY

THAT THERE IS A POSITIVE CASE ON CAMPUS

IHE CONSIDERATIONS

IHE settings contain a mixed population of students and staff ranging from young

to older adults who are highly interconnected in multiple, close-contact networks,

such as dormitories, classrooms, lecture halls, sports teams, clubs and

fraternities/sororities.

As a result, these close settings may cause the IHE population to be more

susceptible to increased transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

IHEs might need to implement short-term closure procedures. If this happens,

IHEs should work with local public health officials to determine whether in-

person classes need to be cancelled or moved to virtual delivery and/or buildings

and facilities need to close.

IHE-WHEN TO TEST?

IHEs might test students, faculty, or staff for purposes of surveillance, diagnosis, screening, or in the

context of an outbreak. Individuals should be considered for and offered testing if they:

Show signs or symptoms consistent with COVID-19 (diagnostic) or have a recent known or

suspected exposure to a person with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 (diagnostic)

Have been asked or referred to get testing by their healthcare provider or health department

(diagnostic) or are part of a cohort for whom testing is recommended (in the context of an

outbreak)

Are attending an IHE that requires entry screening (entry testing as part of screening)

Volunteer to be tested in order to monitor occurrence of cases and positivity rate (surveillance)

It is not recommended to retest previously positive asymptomatic individuals within 3 months of

a positive test. Data currently suggest that some individuals test persistently positive due to

residual virus material but are unlikely to be infectious.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/colleges-universities/ihe-testing.html

ALISON CASCIANO, PUBLIC HEALTH NURSEEPIDEMIOLOGY AND IMMUNIZATION SERVICES BRANCH

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES AGENCYINSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION EPI CONTACT

KAREE HOPKINS, PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE SUPERVISORPUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES AGENCYSCHOOLS GROUP CONTACT

Decision Tree, Communication with Epidemiology Flowchart, and Reporting a Positive Case

PLEASE ASK US YOUR QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2021 CECO Grant

WE RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS

The CECO Grant is for non-profits that aim to improve

services that address the diverse needs of the San Diego

region.

These grants, which vary from a couple hundred dollars

to a couple thousand dollars, support vulnerable

populations such as seniors, people experiencing

homelessness, at-risk youth and people with disabilities.

CECO is now accepting grant applications for 2021

Deadline: November 2nd

* Images above are linked to the website

VOTING DURING COVID-19

• Voting by mail is simple, safer, and secure!

• As mail ballots start showing up in mailboxes around San Diego County, the Registrar of Voters office is reminding voters that it’s safer to mark your ballot at home to avoid the risk of contracting COVID-19

• You can learn how to vote from home at www.sdvote.com

FLU VACCINE CLINICS

• The influenza vaccine is now available at doctors’ offices and pharmacies throughout San Diego County and is covered by medical insurance

• People who do not have healthcare coverage can get vaccinated at one of the County’s six Public Health Centers or a local community clinic

• The County is hosting free flu shot events from October 22nd through November 3rd. To learn more please visit our website.

LIVE WELL ADVANCE –SAVE THE DATE & REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!