COVID-19 Resources

Quarantining and Isolation Information

COVID-19 Close Contact

If you test positive, please report this to the following:

Upon reporting a positive test, an SMC nurse will contact you within 24 hours. You must self-isolate for a minimum of 5-10 daysPDF File and can return to campus when you are cleared by an SMC nurse.


If you are a close contact to someone with COVID-19 and you have no symptoms, you are not required to quarantine, regardless of your vaccination status.

You are required to wear a highly protective mask around others for 10 days, get tested 3-5 days after you were last exposed. Monitor your health for 10 days.  

Note: Close contacts previously infected with COVID -19 within the last 90 days should test using an Antigen test.

If symptoms start, stay home and get tested. If your test is positive, isolate immediately. 

For instructors who have a positive student in class:

Please report this to healthcenter@smc.edu. An SMC nurse will reach out to the student and instructor to discuss next steps. The nurse will email all students in the class alerting them that there was a person who tested positive in their class and provide information on testing and quarantine (see above for guidance on close contacts, testing, quarantining and isolation). 

3 or more cases in a building/classroom is considered an outbreak. If an instructor has 2 positive cases in class, the SMC nurse will start talking to them about preparing to go remote should they become aware of a 3rd positive case.