Campus News and Updates

Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Sydrome (SARS). The novel coronavirus, now named COVID-19, is a new strain that had not been previously detected.

Read information from the World Health Organization.

The CDC believes that COVID-19 is spread from person-to-person through respiratory droplets--from coughs or sneezes--produced by an infected person and inhaled or landed in the mouths or noses of a non-infected person. The virus most likely spreads when people are in close contact with one another (less than 6 feet).

It may be possible that it can be spread by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching your mouth or nose or possibly eyes.

More information on how it spreads, from the CDC.

Tolerance Magazine provides resources for understanding and confronting the rising xenophobia in connection to the coronavirus. 

• Speaking Up Against Racism Around the New Coronavirus
• Speak Up at School

Links to additional resources about the novel coronavirus:

• Santa Cruz County Department of Health
• World Health Organization
• US Center for Disease Control (CDC)