• COVID 19 Information

Exposure and Reporting

CSUN cares about your health and safety and continues to track reported COVID-19 cases among members of our campus community, including students, faculty, and staff. If you have tested positive or believe you have been exposed to COVID-19, even if you have not been on campus, please complete the relevant form below.

Submission of the COVID-19 reporting forms will initiate contact tracing.

Isolation & Quarantine Guidelines

I am a student or employee who… Your requirements for returning to campus are…
tested positive for COVID-19

The following applies to all, regardless of vaccination status, previous infection or lack of symptoms.

Submit a Student Self-Reporting Form or a Faculty and Staff Self-Reporting Form

Isolate for 10 days from the date of the positive COVID-19 test or the date when symptoms started (whichever occurred first).

On or after day 5 - If the following criteria is met, isolation may end after day 5 and before 10 days and you can return to campus.
  • you have been fever-free for 24 hours without use of fever-reducing medicines

    AND
  • symptoms are not present, are mild or are resolving
If at day 10 your symptoms are not resolving or a COVID-19 test is positive, please continue isolation until
  • you have been fever-free for 24 hours without use of fever-reducing medicines

    AND
  • symptoms are not present, are mild or are resolving
If you are a student who met all criteria for exiting isolation after 5 days of isolation, it is strongly recommended that you continue to wear a highly protective mask around others for an additional 5 days.

If you are an employee who met the criteria for exiting isolation at day 5, you must wear a highly protective mask for 10 days from the first day of symptoms or positive COVID-19 test when around others in the workplace, except when eating or drinking.

tested positive for COVID-19 and met the criteria for exiting isolation after Day 5;

If you are a student who met all criteria for exiting isolation after 5 days of isolation, it is strongly recommended that you continue to wear a highly protective mask around others for an additional 5 days.

If you are an employee who met the criteria for exiting isolation at day 5, you must wear a highly protective mask for 10 days from the first day of symptoms or positive COVID-19 test when around others in the workplace, except when eating or drinking.

was in close contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19 and I have symptoms

A close contact is an individual who shared the same indoor airspace with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19 or had identifiable symptoms for 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period.

The following applies to all, regardless of vaccination status or previous infection.

If you experience symptoms since a close contact exposure: If you are unable or choose not to test for COVID-19 following a close contact exposure with symptoms, you must
  • follow the guidelines for individuals who test positive.
If you do not have symptoms on Day 11, you may resume campus activities.

was in close contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19 and I have no symptoms (asymptomatic)

A close contact is an individual who shared the same indoor airspace (e.g., classrooms, offices, and other similar-sized spaces) with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19 or had identifiable symptoms for 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period.

The following applies to all, regardless of vaccination status or previous infection.

If you have no symptoms (asymptomatic), you are not required to quarantine and may continue campus activities if the following criteria are met: Testing for COVID-19 as soon as possible is recommended.

If the test result is positive, then follow the guidelines above for individuals who test positive.