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Friday, April 17, 2020

UCLA puts the count at 23, but who is being counted?

Updates on confirmed cases among the UCLA campus community

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Currently, 23 people among the UCLA campus community have been confirmed by medical professionals to have COVID-19 and have reported their diagnoses to UCLA.
Consistent with the protocols for infectious disease response, anyone identified within our campus community as being at risk of exposure from these individuals will be notified if they need to be isolated or tested.
The increased availability of testing for COVID-19 will reveal more cases in our campus and local communities. To help slow the spread of COVID-19, maintain a safe distance from others, wash your hands regularly, and cough or sneeze into tissues or your sleeve. 
Information on confirmed cases:
  • April 16: A staff member who has not worked on campus since April 11.
  • April 15: A staff member who has not worked on campus since April 11. A student who lives in off-campus, non–university-owned housing and has not been on campus since March 27.
  • April 14: Three staff members. One has not worked on campus April since 11, one since April 6 and the third since March 17.
  • April 10: Two students who live in off-campus, non–university-owned housing. One has not been on campus since Dec. 13, the other since Feb. 29.
  • April 8: A student who lives in off-campus, non–university-owned housing and has not been on campus since March 10.
  • April 4: Two staff members. One has not worked on campus since March 31, the other since March 18.
  • April 3: A staff member who has not worked on campus since March 18. A student who lives in off-campus, non–university-owned housing and has not been on campus since March 13.
  • April 2: A staff member who has not worked on campus since March 10.
  • April 1: Two students who live in off-campus, non–university-owned housing. One has not been on campus since March 10, the other since March 14.
  • March confirmed cases
  • Source: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/confirmed-cases
  • But there is a problem:
The image above is from today's LA Times' website. Here is an excerpt from the story:

The coronavirus has infected California medical workers with much greater intensity than has been publicly revealed, including more than 175 cases at UCLA, according to records reviewed by The Times and a source with knowledge of the situation. The virus has spread in UCLA’s outpatient clinics, geriatric and labor and delivery units, and in the pediatric intensive care unit, the source said...
Full story at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-17/california-healthcare-workers-hospitals-coronavirus-pandemic

In short the question is, who is being counted in the official report on the UCLA website? Where are the boundaries of the "campus community"?

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