This message is sent on behalf of URI Health Services.

We continue to be proud of the work our students, faculty, staff and community are doing to combat COVID-19. We ask that everyone continues to adhere to the health and safety guidelines, including masking, physical distancing and limiting group size for social gatherings. As the State of Rhode Island continues to update its guidelines, URI will continue to review and adjust ours as well in accordance with the Rhode Island Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Download URI’s requirements for Isolation and Quarantine. With the upcoming holidays we want to inform and remind our community about the current travel restrictions in place at URI.

Domestic travel restrictions from areas with high community spread rates

Effective today, URI is following health department travel restrictions for areas with high community spread rates. Any person coming to URI from a location with a high community spread rate as set forth on a list maintained by the health department must immediately self-quarantine for 10 days unless one of the following exemptions applies:

1. the person obtains a negative COVID-19 test result from a specimen taken after arrival in Rhode Island;
2. the person has a negative COVID-19 test result from a specimen taken no more than 72 hours prior to arrival in Rhode Island;
3. the person has received the final dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccination series no more than 90 days and at least 14 days prior to the date of the person’s arrival in Rhode Island and is asymptomatic upon arrival in Rhode Island;
4. the person was previously diagnosed by a health-care provider with COVID-19, had COVID-19 symptoms, the onset of which occurred no more than 90 days prior to the date of the person’s arrival in Rhode Island, completed the isolation period, and is asymptomatic upon arrival in Rhode Island;
5. the person tested positive for COVID-19 from a specimen taken no more than 90 days prior to the date of the person’s arrival in Rhode Island, had no COVID-19 symptoms previously, completed the isolation requirement, and is asymptomatic upon arrival in Rhode Island.

International travel restrictions

Any person arriving from or who has traveled to and is returning from a location outside the 50 states or the District of Columbia must immediately self-quarantine for 10 days upon arrival in Rhode Island unless one of the following exemptions applies:

1. the person obtains a negative COVID-19 test result from a specimen taken on day 5 or later upon arrival in Rhode Island (day 0) AND self-quarantines until day 7 or later upon arrival in Rhode Island (day 0);
2. the person has received the final dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccination series no more than 90 days and at least 14 days prior to the date of the person’s arrival in Rhode Island, and is asymptomatic upon arrival in Rhode Island;
3. the person was previously diagnosed by a health-care provider with COVID-19, had COVID-19 symptoms, the onset of which occurred no more than 90 days prior to the date of the person’s arrival in Rhode Island, completed the isolation requirement and is asymptomatic upon arrival in Rhode Island;
4. the person tested positive for COVID-19 from a specimen taken no more than 90 days prior to the date of the person’s arrival in Rhode Island, had no COVID-19 symptoms previously, completed the isolation requirement and is asymptomatic upon arrival in Rhode Island.

Until the majority of the URI community is vaccinated, all members must continue to adhere to the health and safety guidelines including:

• Wearing a face covering/face mask at all times in public
• Practicing physical distancing by staying at least 6 feet away from others
• Limiting close contact to those with whom you live
• Washing your hands often and for at least 20 seconds, or using and alcohol-based hand sanitizer
• Staying home if you’re not feeling well
• Completing the daily self-assessment before coming to campus
• Participating in the surveillance testing program

View URI’s requirements for these and other measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

This spring we continue to remain optimistic with the decreased number of cases in our community and many members currently or in the very near future becoming eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. But our community must stay vigilant and continue to follow health and safety guidance. Our thanks to the entire URI community for its efforts to help keep each other safe.