Member, Michael McCawley uses the drive thru Covid -19 testing facilities at the WVU Coliseum parking lot made available to the WVU employee community, July 20, 2020. (WVU Photo/Greg Ellis) Permission has been granted to publish this image."
As part of our commitment to protecting the safety and well-being of our campus community, West Virginia University has launched a COVID-19 dashboard Monday (Aug. 3) to track and compile information collected during testing across the WVU System.
The dashboard ( https://www.wvu.edu/return-to-campus/daily-test-results) will be updated Monday-Friday by 11 a.m. and include information regarding students and employees broken out by campus. Updates will also be provided by the University on WVU Safety social media accounts.
Additionally, faculty and staff should watch for information on trends and other COVID-19 related updates every Monday afternoon in WVUWeekly, or as necessary.
Mandatory COVID-19 testing is currently underway for students and employees who will be returning to the Morgantown campus this fall. Data specifically for the Morgantown campus is available at https://www.wvu.edu/return-to-campus/daily-test-results/morgantown.
All WVU community members are required to report if they test positive for COVID-19 or are self-quarantining due to suspected or known exposure to COVID-19. Students should notify the WVU CARE Team, and employees should notify WVU Medical Management.
COVID-19 testing has not yet commenced at WVU Potomac State College in Keyser or WVU Institute of Technology in Beckley.
Once testing begins:
- PSC students must report positive test results to the PSC CARE Team at PSC-cares@mail.wvu.edu. Employees should contact medical management or their supervisor.
- WVU Tech students should contact the CARE Team at 304-929-1232 or TechStudentLife@mail.wvu.edu. They may also submit a CARE referral form. Employees should contact medical management or their supervisor.
Students and employees will then be contacted by their local health departments to learn more about their symptom onset, provide public health recommendations for isolation and testing and conduct contact tracing, which is the process of reaching out to those who have had close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
In general, if an individual is not contacted during contact tracing, health officials have determined they were not exposed to COVID-19 through someone who has tested positive. However, everyone is encouraged to continue to self-monitor for symptoms and follow WVU’s safety precautions (e.g., wear a mask/face covering, practice physical distancing and exercise good hand hygiene).
Visit the Return to Campus website for more information and the latest COVID-19 updates. Contact returntocampus@mail.wvu.edu with any questions.
WVU also continues to closely monitor information related to the novel coronavirus pandemic. For the latest updates and information on COVID-19, visit coronavirus.wvu.edu