Check out the guidelines to help us keep our UMKC community safe during COVID-19.
We have established a temporary on-campus testing site. Testing will be available Monday - Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at 5050 Oak Street. The last appointment each day will be at 3:30 p.m. The testing site offers shallow nasal PCR test with results expected one to two days after the lab receives the sample. Appointments are available to our students, faculty and staff, as well as the general public.
You can book an appointment here.
For more testing resources, click here.
Due to a federal court order which blocks the federal government from enforcing a vaccination mandate for federal contractors, the University of Missouri System has suspended policy HR-703, which required certain employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The vaccination requirements implemented in August 2021 for University of Missouri Health System employees and for UMKC faculty, staff and students who have direct patient contact in health care settings, remain in effect.
For more information, visit our Vaccines page.
For information regarding on-campus vaccine clinics, visit our Vaccines page.
We continue to offer vaccinations to members of our campus community through our partners at University Health Truman Medical Center. Information on walk-in vaccination availability can be found here.
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.
Masks are required in the following spaces:
Visit our Health & Safety page for more information.
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.
