Check out the guidelines to help us keep our UMKC community safe during COVID-19.
Due to the rising incidence of COVID-19 infections in our community, and based on the latest guidance from local health experts, UMKC requires students, faculty, staff and visitors to wear masks in public indoor settings.
All four University of Missouri System universities have a mask requirement in place in an effort to slow the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus. The requirement will remain in place at all four universities until Oct. 15.
For those who are unvaccinated, masks are required in both indoor and outdoor settings on campus.
Masks are still required in hospitals or other health-care settings, and public transportation settings.
Learn more about masking on campus on the Health & Safety page.
Testing is available on campus by appointment at go.umkc.edu/covidtesting.
We continue to offer vaccinations to members of our campus community through our partners at Truman Medical Centers/University Health. Register online or call (816) 404-CARE (2273) and press option 1.
The CDC defines fully vaccinated as those who are 14 days or more beyond their second dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or 14 days beyond the single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
UMKC has notification processes for both students and employees. Start with this step:
Do not visit campus or any public areas. Follow the advice of your health-care provider, cooperate with contact tracing with public health officials and continue to practice good health hygiene.
If you test positive, stay home. Within four hours of your learning of your positive test, you need to start the process for notifying UMKC so we can notify campus of a positive case and begin necessary sanitization.
For more information, see Health and Safety.
As this situation continues to evolve, we understand that some among us may face unique challenges related to health or caregiving. We ask that you stay in close communication with your professors and/or supervisor regarding any issues that may impact your ability to participate in class or at work.
Each of us should do our part to minimize risk while simultaneously working to promote the UMKC Culture of Care during this time. Each of us has a responsibility to ensure that discrimination, shunning and bullying that sometimes accompany an outbreak never occur at UMKC.
