This week's essential COVID-19 information from BGSU Chief Health Officer Ben Batey

As we settle into the semester, I am encouraged by our campus response to COVID-19. We are truly in this together, and by complying with face covering and physical distancing guidelines, we are creating a safer campus community for all of us.

If you haven't yet downloaded the #CampusClear app, we encourage you to do so. This tool, and ultimately the daily self-wellness check it reminds us to do, will play a critical role in slowing the spread of COVID-19 on our campuses.

This week, we are also introducing our COVID-19 dashboard, which we will update and share weekly. We are also piloting a voluntary surveillance testing program, which allows us to test asymptomatic individuals. Our COVID-19 Response Team is working with contact tracers, and we encourage you to email health@bgsu.edu or call our COVID-19 Response Hotline with questions or to report a pending or positive COVID-19 test.

Most importantly, if you are experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms, please contact your health care provider or the Falcon Health Center immediately for further direction on your next steps. If we can slow down the spread of symptomatic individuals potentially exposing others, that is step number one in keeping our campuses as healthy as possible.

Be well,

Ben Batey, MPH, RN
Chief Health Officer

BGSU COVID-19 Response Hotline | 419-372-3000

The BGSU COVID-19 Response Hotline is now open, with staff available to answer questions regarding COVID-19 and related topics. Students, faculty and staff are also asked to call the hotline if they have a pending COVID-19 test, or to report a positive result to begin contact tracing. The COVID-19 Response Hotline is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To call the hotline, reach out at 419-372-3000.

Download the #CampusClear app

Before arriving on campus, leaving your residence hall or visiting campus, complete a daily personal health and wellness check.

BGSU has launched the #CampusClear app, which can be downloaded for free and used for daily health screenings.

Sign the Falcon Community Commitment

The health and safety of our campus community remains our top priority. Please complete the Forward Falcon Community Commitment and help us slow the spread of COVID-19. As a public university for the public good, you are helping to protect your own health and the health of our Falcon family.

BGSU COVID-19 DASHBOARD

Positive Cases of COVID-19 Reported to BGSU

Includes positive COVID-19 cases reported to BGSU from health departments, medical providers and self-report. Includes one (1) positive student reported at Firelands College.

On-Campus Isolation and Quarantine

Isolation separates individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 from others who are not sick to minimize the spread. Quarantine separates individuals who have been exposed to someone who is positive for COVID-19 from the general public.

Surveillance testing of individuals without symptoms

Surveillance testing is exploratory testing of asymptomatic individuals who have returned to campus. Additional surveillance testing will occur weekly.