The SAFE on Campus daily symptom monitoring tool has been retired as of Sunday, Aug. 15. SAFE on Campus served its mission: to remind our University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) community to be vigilant about symptoms that might be COVID-19 related, and to consult with our UMB COVID-19 Hotline and other resources.
The need for vigilance remains, but with our high levels of cooperation with mandatory vaccination and other preventive measures, there is no longer a need to require members of our community to report their health status electronically.
There may be exceptions to the retirement of daily symptom monitoring applicable to subsets of our community — for example, by a specific school — but such exceptions will be coordinated at the school or department level, rather than centrally.
All faculty, staff, and students will be required to take a brief training module about expectations related to symptoms and health. More information about the training will be announced soon.
The UMB COVID-19 Hotline will remain as a resource and should be called in the event of a positive test, symptoms that may be related to COVID-19, or exposure concerns. The number is 1-800-701-9863 — it would be smart to add this to your contacts, so you have it if and when you need it.
Please continue to take this virus very seriously and follow all recommended measures to protect yourself, your colleagues, and your family.