Campus Status and Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

Vaccinated - If you test positive for COVID-19 with a rapid antigen test, you should follow up with the Student Health Center immediately for a PCR test. You will need to self-isolate until PCR results are available.  If your PCR is negative, you should continue to follow John Carroll University’s existing COVID-19 protocols regarding mask-wearing. Continue to monitor yourself for symptoms for 14 days from the date of exposure. If your PCR test is positive, you should begin isolation for a full 10 days (Day 1= positive antigen test), returning to campus on day 11.

Unvaccinated - If you test positive for COVID-19 with a rapid antigen test, you should follow up with the Student Health Center immediately for a PCR test. If you live within 250 miles, you will need to isolate at home.  If you live further than 250 miles away, you will be moved to on campus isolation.

Vaccinated - If you have COVID-19 symptoms, you should self-isolate and call the Student Health Center for a COVID-19 PCR test. Local students (within 1 hour of campus) need to go home to isolate themselves until we receive the results of the PCR test.  Students who live further away will be moved to isolation. If the COVID-19 PCR test is negative, you may return to campus. On day 5, you should return to the Health Center for an antigen test. If Day 5 antigen test is positive, you will also need to submit a PCR test. If the COVID-19 PCR test is positive, you should isolate for 10 days from the start of symptoms. You can return to campus on Day 11 from the first day of COVID symptoms, AND  24 hours w/no fever without the use of fever-reducing medication, & other symptoms of COVID-19 are improving.

Unvaccinated - You will be placed in Isolation for 10 days. If you live within 250 miles, you will need to self isolate at home. If you live further than 250 miles away, you will be placed in on-campus isolation. You can be COVID-19 tested on Day 5 to document a possible positive COVID-19 case.

Yes. Residential students who live within 250 miles of campus will need to isolate at home or off campus. We highly encourage students to develop a plan for quarantine or isolation in advance, so if the need arises, you will have a plan and have one less decision to make at a stressful time.

Vaccinated - If you have been in close physical contact with someone who has COVID-19, you should contact the Student Health Center. You should wear a  mask at all times when you are not alone. You should get tested on Day 5 from exposure. Testing on Day 5 with an antigen test can take place at the Student Health Center or any off campus testing facility with results being sent to the Student Health Center. If the antigen test is negative:  You should continue to follow John Carroll University’s existing COVID-19 protocols regarding mask-wearing.  Continue to monitor for symptoms for 14 days from the date of exposure.

If the antigen test is positive and you are asymptomatic:  Administer a PCR test and self-isolate (with roommate approval) until PCR results are available. If the antigen test is positive and the student is symptomatic:  You should self-isolate and call the Student Health Center for a COVID-19 PCR test.

Unvaccinated - If you live within 250 miles of campus you will be required to quarantine at home. If you live further than 250 miles away from campus, you will self isolate on campus. You will need to obtain a PCR test on Day 5 after last exposure. If you test negative from a PCR test, and you remain symptom free during the 7 day quarantine, you can return to campus on Day 8. If you test positive, you will begin a 10 day isolation period from the time of the positive PCR test or when symptoms began.  

​​​​​​Please call or visit any of the following nearby pharmacies to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. CVS Pharmacy 20621 Fairmount Blvd Shaker Heights, Ohio Phone: 216.371.1234

Walgreens Pharmacy 2135 Warrensville Center Road South Euclid, Ohio Phone: 216.932.0937

Marc’s Pharmacy 4499 Mayfield  Road South Euclid, Ohio Phone: 216.691.8990

The COVID-19 Task Force continues to monitor the number of cases in Cuyahoga County and follow guidance from the CDC and other public health officials. At this time, the CDC recommends that vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals wear a mask in indoor public spaces in areas of substantial or high transmission. This currently includes Cuyahoga County.  Therefore, the University will continue to require the wearing of masks while inside any University building until the campus community is notified otherwise. 

For more information on John Carroll University's masking requirement and health protocols, please visit https://jcu.edu/2021-plan.

Students

Non Medical Exemptions Approved: 277 Non Medical Exemptions Denied/Asked Student to Resubmit with More Information: 10 Referred to Medical Exemption Process: 7

Medical Exemptions Approved: 26 Medical Exemptions Denied/Asked Student to Resubmit with More Information: 1

Faculty & Staff

Non-Medical Exemptions:  29 approved Non-Medical Exemptions Denied/Asked to Resubmit with More Information: 2 Referred to Medical Exemption Process: 1

Medical Exemptions Approved: 7 Medical Exemptions Denied/Asked to Resubmit with More Information: 0