COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Requirements

All students, faculty, and staff are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with booster dose, per the Vaccine Policy (for employees) and the Immunization Policy (for students).

Face Coverings

Haverford is a mask-friendly campus

• Hosts will establish masking expectations for all gatherings, inclusive of faculty in their learning spaces, and organizers of events.
• Masking is optional in College spaces, including vehicles, except when required by hosts and provided you have not tested positive for COVID in the past 10 days.
• Those members of the community who wish to continue wearing masks are welcomed to do so.
• The Operations Planning Group will monitor the risk levels in Montgomery and Delaware County as measured by the CDC. The College will pivot to required masking if the risk levels indicate a pattern of, or rapidly trending toward, high risk.

Please carry a mask on your person at all times. We ask all community members to act with care, empathy, and compassion around one another and our neighbors, and to voluntarily wear a mask whenever in doubt.

Acceptable Face Coverings: In situations where masking is required, only surgical masks, N95s, KN95s, or KF94s are acceptable.

Close Contacts

Individuals do not need to quarantine if they are identified as a close contact unless they are, or become, symptomatic, in which case they should follow the guidance below about illness.

Testing

In many cases you may access free testing via a medical professional or local provider/pharmacy. Options include:

• Montgomery County - Schedule a test at the Ardmore location
• Rite Aid is the preferred pharmacy for SHIP-insured students. UnitedHealthcare (UHCSR) will cover over-the-counter (OTC) at-home pick up at Rite Aid.
• CVS
• Federal Government At-Home Tests - Order at-home tests to be shipped directly to you. Each household can order 2 sets of 4 (8 tests total) for free.

Please check with your insurance provider to see if you qualify for reimbursement for over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits. SHIP-insured students may submit a receipt for reimbursement at uhcsr.com/MyAccount along a completed reimbursement form (PDF).

Illness, Isolation, and Returning to Work/Class

If you are feeling ill please stay home! Employees should notify their supervisor and a medical professional. Students should notify Health Services.

Employees must report any disclosed positive COVID-19 test results to the Office of Human Resources at hc-hr-covidnotify [at] haverford.edu.

• Regardless of vaccination status, you should isolate yourself from others when you have COVID-19. You should also isolate yourself if you are sick and suspect that you have COVID-19 but do not yet have test results. If your results are positive, follow CDC Isolation Guidelines. If your results are negative, you can end your isolation.
• If you test positive for COVID-19, stay home for at least 5 days, with the day you test positive counting as ‘Day 0,” and isolate yourself from others in your home. You are likely most infectious during these first 5 days. For specific precautions during the 5 day isolation, refer to CDC Isolation Guidelines.
• Follow CDC guidance about alerting any individuals who meet the “close contact” definition.
• After you have ended isolation, when you are feeling better (no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and symptoms improving) - Wear your mask through day 10.
• For further details regarding isolation, please refer to the CDC Guidelines for Isolation Precautions for People with COVID 19.
• Employees required to isolate due to COVID-19 should use the Public Health Illness Leave (PHIL) in Workday, which provides them with paid leave while out sick with COVID.
• Employees who wish to seek ADA Reasonable Accommodations related to Returning to the Workplace should email Donna Hawkins in the Office of Human Resource Donna Hawkins in the Office of Human Resources (dhawkins [at] haverford.edu), or if comfortable, email hc-hr [at] haverford.edu for guidance.

Students must report any disclosed positive COVID-19 test results or potential infection immediately to Health Services.

• Regardless of vaccination status, you should isolate yourself from others when you have COVID-19. Any student who tests positive for COVID-19 will either isolate in their room or be placed in a designated isolation space. Students will have access to telehealth, counseling, as well as academic support and dining services.
• Students self-isolating or requesting meal delivery or pick-up must contact Health Services.
• If you test positive for COVID-19, you will isolate for at least 5 days, with the day you test positive counting as ‘Day 0.’ You are likely most infectious during these first 5 days. For specific precautions during the 5-day isolation, refer to CDC Isolation Guidelines. Health Services will determine when you are cleared to end isolation, after day 5 or later. You must wear a mask around others through day 10.
• Follow CDC guidance about alerting any individuals who meet the “close contact” definition.
• For further details regarding isolation, please refer to the CDC Guidelines for Isolation Precautions for People with COVID 19.

• Internal and public events may be held with full occupancy of spaces.
• Event hosts will designate masking requirements for their events.
• The campus is open to visitors and they must abide by the College’s rules for masking.
• Guests in residence halls must be vaccinated against COVID-19. It is the responsibility of the host to confirm vaccination status.