As we approach the fall semester, the university continues to focus on providing support to enhance the public health of our campus community while maintaining instruction, programs, and services. This includes offering, at no cost, highly effective COVID-19 vaccines that protect against serious illness and hospitalization, the availability of high-efficiency masks, and access to COVID-19 antigen and PCR testing.

While there are no COVID-19 specific requirements for mask use, testing or vaccination, everyone on campus is strongly encouraged to use these tools as needed to limit the spread of the virus. Given that some people remain at higher risk from COVID-19, including those who are older or immunocompromised, we continue to encourage our campus community to stay up to date with vaccination and to take other steps as needed out of respect for one another. New treatments are also available, in consultation with health care providers, for people at higher risk from COVID-19.

We recognize the concerns and frustrations many feel related to the cycle of COVID infection and surges throughout the pandemic, as cases rise and fall, and new variants regularly appear that vary in transmissibility. Our current approach is validated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and we will continue to consult with public health experts and closely monitor conditions in our community, as the university has done throughout the pandemic. Though we are unable to predict what may come, we will keep campus up to date on the steps that should be taken to reduce the impact of COVID-19.

What is the university doing?

Campus will continue to offer the following:

What can you do to stay healthy and keep others healthy?

The virus that causes COVID-19 will continue to be present moving forward. Here are ways to increase the chances you stay healthy while limiting the spread of the virus:

For ongoing information and updates about COVID-19 on campus, visit covidresponse.wisc.edu.

Monkeypox Virus (MPV) has become a global concern over the past few weeks. UW–Madison is working with state and local public health officials to monitor the virus and its spread, as well as rates of illness in the community. At this time, MPV does not pose a high risk to our campus, but the university will adjust its MPV response and prevention strategies if conditions change and as more information becomes available.

For more information, including symptoms of MPV and who is currently eligible for vaccination, visit the UHS MPV page.

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