UPDATES
Required: COVID booster by Feb. 28 or within 30 days of becoming medically eligible for booster
Testing Location: Horseshoe Lot added as COVID testing location
Report: COVID positive results to Health Services @ 510-486-6266 for both on site and teleworkers. If you cannot reach Health Services due to the overwhelming volume of calls you can also reach the COVID info line at 510-486-5000.
Weekly: COVID symptom check if coming on site
When to Contact Health Services: You are required to contact Health Services at 510-486-6266 if:
You have COVID symptoms
You have a positive test for COVID
You have close contact with someone who has COVID or has COVID symptoms. Refer to Chapter 46.8.A for details.
In all three instances DO NOT COME TO THE LAB. CALL Health Services at 510-486-6266 for guidance.
UPDATES
Return to Work: From Chapter 46.8.F
Health Services will advise on the approval for LBNL workers to return to work after being excluded due to being a COVID-19 case or having close contact with a COVID-19 case. The following conditions will inform that determination, but additional factors related to local or state public health orders or to critical staffing shortages may apply.
COVID-19 Cases
Return to work criteria depends on whether or not the COVID-19 case has symptoms. In either situation, a negative COVID-19 test is not required to return to work.
COVID-19 cases with COVID-19 symptoms shall not return to work until all three of the following conditions are met:
At least 24 hours have passed since a fever of 100.4 or higher has resolved without the use of fever-reducing medications; and
COVID-19 symptoms have improved; and
At least 10 days have passed since COVID-19 symptoms first appeared.
COVID-19 cases who tested positive, but never developed symptoms, shall not return to work until at least 10 days have passed since the date that the first positive COVID-19 test was collected. A negative COVID-19 test is not required to return to work.
We want to hear from you.
Contact the COVID Info Line (M-Th 8 a.m.-4 p.m. / F 8 a.m.-1 p.m.) 510-486-5000 ::: Fill out the feedback form ::: Email at covidinfo@lbl.gov