{"id":2870,"date":"2022-12-16T07:01:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T13:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2022-12-16T07:01:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T13:01:40","slug":"december-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/updates\/december-19","title":{"rendered":"Update for Week of December 19, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h4><b>Health Services Update<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you are traveling during this holiday season, remember you can take simple steps to keep yourself healthy. Washing your hands, covering your cough or sneeze, and wearing a mask are ways to stop the spread of infection. Also, getting your flu shot and COVID booster are both ways to provide extra protection against viruses that can make you feel really sick.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health Services will be closed during the winter break and will reopen on January 3, 2023. While away, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/timelycare\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TimelyCare<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is available to you for free anywhere in the United States. Have a safe and healthy break!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>COVID-19 Updates<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New COVID-19 cases, week of 12\/4\/22-12\/10\/22: 7<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Need more tests? You can order free at home tests from the Minnesota Department of Health: When you enter your address, you will need to put in your room number\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/covid19\/get-tested\/at-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Order Your Free At-Home Rapid Tests<\/a> through the State of Minnesota (mn.gov)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/covid-19\/health-reporting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COVID-19 reporting form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to report symptoms, positive tests, or vaccination\/booster updates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/testsites\/index.html#symptoms\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When to test<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: If you feel ill with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/symptoms-testing\/symptoms.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COVID like symptoms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, take a COVID test (day 1 &#8211; 24 hours post onset of symptoms). If the test is negative, repeat the test 48 hours later (day 3).\u00a0 If you test negative and are still concerned you may have COVID-19, you may choose to test again 48 hours after the second test (day 5).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Still have questions about how and when to use a self test? Check out this video from the CDC <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tIDES6xgalo\">When to use a self test<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you are traveling during this holiday season, remember you can take simple steps to keep yourself healthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9097,"featured_media":2696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/files\/2022\/09\/HealthServices_LogoNoText.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9097"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2870"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2875,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions\/2875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}