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COVID-19-report, 4 December
4 December 2020
The weekly report on COVID-19 at Uppsala University reveals a clearly decreasing trend for the spread of infection at the University.
To summarise the infection situation, as of 4 December there have been 399 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the semester.
This figure breaks down as follows:
- 344 Bachelor’s and Master’s students (including 5 on Gotland) – an increase of 24 cases during the last week.
- 9 doctoral students – an increase of 1 cases during the last week.
- 46 members of staff – an increase of 5 cases during the last week.
If you are confirmed infected, the Communicable Diseases Act requires you to inform people who have been in your proximity and whom you may have infected. Uppsala University has created an online procedure to help you do this anonymously.
If you are confirmed infected with COVID-19, it is very important that you make sure to stay at home: do not go to campus, to exam rooms or to work – and keep up to date with the infection control unit’s rules of conduct.
Across the disciplinary domains
The 344 Bachelor’s and Master’s students confirmed infected are distributed across the disciplinary domains as follows (change from previous week in parentheses):
- Hum/Sam – 146 (+4) confirmed cases
- Med/Farm – 147 (+6) confirmed cases
- Tek/Nat – 51 (+3) confirmed cases
These confirmed cases are still relatively evenly spread across Uppsala University’s various campus areas. The 399 confirmed cases can be linked to 205 different courses and programmes (different semesters). 55 courses/programmes have more than two confirmed cases.
Managing confirmed infections in education
When an infection is confirmed, the disciplinary domain concerned deals with the question of whether teaching should continue to be conducted on campus (if that is currently being done) or whether there is reason to switch to online education. Region Uppsala carries out contact tracing and contacts the individuals deemed necessary in view of the contacts reported by the infected person. The University has no responsibility for this process.
Number of cases in Region Uppsala and in Region Gotland
Number of people confirmed infected in Region Uppsala: week 46 (9-15 November) 1351, week 47(16-22 November) 1429 and week 48 (23-29 November) 1435.
Number of people confirmed infected in Region Gotland: week 46 (9-15 November) 237, week 47 (16-22 November) 172 and week 48 (23-29 November) 232. This shows a negative trend for the number of people infected during the last week in the Uppsala region.
Source: Public Health Agency of Sweden
More information
The Communicable Diseases Act requires:
If you are confirmed infected, the Communicable Diseases Act requires you to inform people whom you suspect you may have infected. As part of Uppsala University’s efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 infection, the University has created an online procedure to help you do this anonymously.
To test or not to test
The infection control doctor in Uppsala County requests those who have been confirmed infected not to get tested again after recovering from COVID-19. Doing so has no medical benefits and is an unnecessary drain on testing resources. Resources for PCR testing in Region Uppsala are under great strain.