The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the Hamilton County Health Department are collaborating in contact tracing efforts to determine individuals who may be at risk of exposure to COVID-19 as a result of interaction with members of Kappa Sigma fraternity beginning August 8. The Kappa Sigma fraternity leadership and members are assisting the University in its efforts to pursue student contacts who may have been exposed. The University is very appreciative of their cooperation and assistance.
The UTC COVID-19 Campus Support Team is working to identify individuals who may have been exposed through close contact with persons who have tested positive or are showing symptoms of COVID-19. Persons who may have been exposed are urged to cooperate immediately with members of the team and are asked to complete the University’s online COVID-19 Notification Form here or contact the Office of Student Outreach and Support, by phone at 423-425-2299 or email at sos@utc.edu.
If UTC faculty or staff members feel they may have been exposed, they are asked to complete the COVID-19 Notification Form here.
Testing for employees and students is available through their healthcare provider, University Health Services, and the Hamilton County Health Department. Information regarding locations and times for free COVID-19 testing by the Health Department in the community can be found here.
The University is taking all necessary precautions to protect the UTC community as fall semester classes begin Monday. Months of planning and preparations at UTC have resulted in extensive health and safety protocols and precautions in place for the protection of students, faculty and staff.
More resources and other information about what happens when a positive case of COVID-19 is identified can be found on UTC’s COVID-19 webpage here.
