NNMC Covid-19 Response

From: President Balderas
COVID-19 Update
March 24, 2023

Northern Community,

Northern New Mexico College will no longer require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for students, staff, and faculty. Everyone is encouraged to follow best practices that were established to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including:

• wash your hands frequently,
• stay up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations,
• stay home if you are not feeling well, and
• wear a mask if you have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.

The thermal temperature stations will remain by the entrances to our buildings for your convenience, but it is no longer necessary to sign in and document your temperature.

We ask if you feel ill or have a fever, to please go home and call your immediate supervisor or professor to let them know. Please be respectful of individuals who want to wear a mask. If you test positive for COVID, please notify healthandsafety@nnmc.edu.

Please note that Northern’s nursing programs will continue to require proof of COVID vaccinations.

Thank you for helping us continue to keep the Northern New Mexico College community healthy!President Hector Balderas

For more information: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html

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From: President Balderas
Re: COVID Protocols and Policies
Update: January 2023

Please be sure to stop when entering Northern New Mexico Campus and sign in at the thermal temperature areas to ensure that we are keeping staff, faculty and students safe and healthy!

If you are feeling sick, please stay home and do not attend work or class in person.

Review CDC guidance if you’ve been exposed to COVID-19 or test positive for the virus.

While COVID-19 testing remains at local pharmacies, there may be a charge. Home tests are available free online.

Vaccinations of all varieties, including COVID-19 and seasonal flu, are also available. Protect yourself and others by getting your booster.

Masks are recommended indoors. Please be respectful and tolerant of people’s choices to mask or not.

Masks are available at all thermal temperature stations.

The COVID-19 Response Team continues to meet monthly to discuss campus and community conditions, such as hospitalization rates and known infections, and will continue to recommend policies and procedures designed to keep the community healthy.