January 2019 – July 2022
On-site meetings are allowed at the Lab, but follow guidelines such as wearing masks, leaving room between participants, opening windows and doors where possible, and including a hybrid option for those who cannot come on site. Read more about the on-site meeting recommendations. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PoWdV8YCf8eFJD03huGSLturGttA1mNN/view
If you’ve already entered your booster information at clinic.lbl, you can stop reading. For everyone else, today is the deadline to upload your COVID booster card if you are medically eligible for a booster. Follow these steps to upload your COVID card. https://ehs.lbl.gov/2022/02/28/deadline-today-to-upload-proof-of-covid-booster/
Nigel Mouncey, the director of the DOE Joint Genome Institute, and Dr. Timur Durrani, the Lab’s medical director, recently sat down to discuss viruses, COVID in particular, the COVID variants and what might be next, and the role of vaccines in moving from a pandemic to an endemic state. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MWTN_HZ-gs
In observance of the Presidents Day holiday, the Lab will be closed on Monday, Feb. 21. COVID test kit samples dropped off on Monday will not be picked up by the testing company until Tuesday, Feb. 22. Results will be available within 24-48 hours for test kits picked up on Tuesday. https://covid.lbl.gov/home/testing-at-the-lab
Per federal mask mandates, the Lab will continue to require masks indoors for everyone at this time. The DOE requires that our local community, Alameda County, remain at the moderate transmission risk level for two consecutive weeks before the Lab can discontinue its indoor mask requirement. https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/2021-covid-19-information/home/leadership-messages/feb-14-lab-required-to-follow-federal-mask-mandates
Upload your COVID booster information by Feb. 28. Those who do not upload their information will automatically be placed in Protocol B. Read more to understand your options. https://ehs.lbl.gov/2022/02/04/covid-booster-due-feb-28/
The Horseshoe Lot COVID testing site, set up to handle the Omicron surge, will close on Friday, Feb. 4 at 10 a.m. Testing for those working at Lab sites will still be available in the lobbies of Potter Street and the Building 50 auditorium, and in room 220A next to the kitchen in Building 76. https://covid.lbl.gov/home/testing-at-the-lab
Effective immediately, unfiltered cloth face covers alone will no longer be allowed at Lab sites. You must wear a surgical mask, a KN95 or KF94 mask, an N95 respirator, or a filtered cloth face cover. Free surgical masks are available at the Blackberry and Strawberry gates. https://ehs.lbl.gov/2022/01/25/new-on-site-requirement-for-face-covers/
UC policy requires all staff to have a COVID booster and upload their vaccine card showing the booster by Feb. 28 OR within 30 days of becoming medically eligible to receive a booster. Upload your card at clinic.lbl.gov. https://covid.lbl.gov/home/covid-vaccination-policy
The U.S. government is offering four free Covid-19 tests for every household and has set up a website allowing people to order tests to be shipped directly to their homes. The tests are rapid antigen at-home tests (not PCR). Tests should ship in 7-12 days from the order date. https://www.covidtests.gov/