COVID-19 Protocols

Protocols and regulations are constantly changing.  Please see https://covid-19.ucla.edu/ for the latest information.

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COVID Protocol Update as of 10/2/2023

Important changes, including symptom monitoring, indoor masking, isolation procedures and surveillance testing. The below reflects updates and applies to:

• Students: Those living, learning or working on campus or at a UCLA property at least one day a week 

• Employees: Staff, faculty, instructors or third-party personnel working or teaching on campus or at a UCLA property at least one day a week 

• Visitors and guests: Members of the general public visiting campus or UCLA facilities or attending events on campus; guests invited to campus for events or meetings 

Details at:  https://covid-19.ucla.edu/covid-protocols-at-a-glance/

COVID-19 Testing Sites:  East Melnitz

COVID-19 Self-testing sites are available all around campus where rapid tests are available for purchase. Rapid tests and PCR tests (which need to be dropped off at Royce Hall) are available on the first floor of East Melnitz from the Business Office.

For those requiring in-person testing or who are unable to procure a test kit from a vending machine, as well as those who for any reason may need help with testing, UCLA will continue to operate an in-person testing site at The Ashe Center.  Test kits may purchased at La Kretz Hall, Ackerman Union (South Entrance), Haines Hall (West Entrance), Pauley Pavilion (North Side) and Nueroscience Building (West Entrance.).  More information on self-testing and other sites. 

UCLA Mask Policy

Details:  https://covid-19.ucla.edu/wear-your-face-mask/

Indoors It is strongly recommended but not required that students, faculty, staff, visitors and others wear well-fitting face masks in indoor spaces on campus and at UCLA facilities.  

Masking, however, remains mandatory in the following facilities and situations:

All UCLA health care settings

This applies to spaces occupied by the Arthur Ashe Health & Wellness Center, the David Geffen School of Medicine and the School of Dentistry, as well as clinical and patient care settings in the following facilities:

• Community Health Sciences building

• Factor Health Sciences building

• Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center

• MacDonald Medical Research Laboratories building

The Latest Information from University about COVID-19 Protocols

https://covid-19.ucla.edu/

https://covid-19.ucla.edu/information-for-faculty/