EMs,

Please see the attached DHHS Modified Guidance/Protocols:

Thanks - Fred Sellers

FREDERICK E. SELLERS Senior Associate Vice President for Safety and Emergency Operations P.O. Box 2688 | Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27515-2688 p: (919) 962-6018 c: (919) 903-2568 fesellers@northcarolina.edumailto:fesellers@northcarolina.edu www.northcarolina.eduhttp://www.northcarolina.edu/ [email-signature-logo]

From: Norma R Houston nrhouston@northcarolina.edu Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 11:46 AM To: Enarson, Cam cam_enarson@med.unc.edu; Bethany D. Meighen bdmeighen@northcarolina.edu; Frederick E Sellers fesellers@northcarolina.edu; Brent T. Herron bherron@northcarolina.edu Cc: Norma R Houston nrhouston@northcarolina.edu Subject: Revised DHHS CI/CT Guidance

Good morning and Happy Monday!

In response to Deborah's email below, I've drafted an email to send to your groups (I'm thinking VCSAs, SHDs, and EMs - and any others you think this info is relevant to). Please feel free to change/modify as you see fit and then send out. Thanks much! Norma

Attached is new guidance issued by DHHS to local health departments modifying case investigation and contact tracing (CI/CT) protocols along with FAQs for the new guidance. This new guidance recommends prioritizing CI/CT to allow for reallocation of LHD resources to support vaccination efforts. The new guidance establishes 2 priority groups for which LDHs would continue to conduct CI/CT:

* Priority Group 1: Cases known to be linked to a cluster/outbreak or cases known to be living in a congregate or healthcare setting (the FAQs include university dorms in the description of a congregate living setting).

* Priority Group 2: Cases known to be working or potentially exposed in a high-density setting, which includes both congregate living and educational institutions.

CI/CT is no longer recommended for any cases that do not fall within these two priority groups.

Because our campuses fall into both priority groups (dorms in Priority Group 1 and educational institutions in Priority Group 2), DHHS has advised our campuses will not likely experience significant changes in CI/CT conducted by their local health departments for cases/clusters reported in dorms or on campus. However, given the urgent need to prioritize LHD resources for vaccination efforts, our campuses should stay in close contact with their LHDs and be prepared to support LHD CI/CT efforts.

Norma Houston Chief of Staff The University of North Carolina System 910 Raleigh Road Chapel Hill, NC 27515x-apple-data-detectors://1/0 nrhouston@northcarolina.edumailto:nrhouston@northcarolina.edu www.northcarolina.eduhttp://www.northcarolina.edu/ [cid:image001.png@01D6F30E.0DA57FD0] Individually Remarkable, Collectively Extraordinary

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From: Porterfield, Deborah S <deborah.porterfield@dhhs.nc.govmailto:deborah.porterfield@dhhs.nc.gov> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 10:35 AM To: Norma R Houston <nrhouston@northcarolina.edumailto:nrhouston@northcarolina.edu> Cc: Enarson, Cam <cam_enarson@med.unc.edumailto:cam_enarson@med.unc.edu>; Wilson, Walker <Walker.Wilson@dhhs.nc.govmailto:Walker.Wilson@dhhs.nc.gov> Subject: [External] FW: Revised FAQ on CI/CT Guidance

[CAUTION: External email. Do not click links or open attachments unless verified. Send all suspicious email as an attachment to spam@northcarolina.edumailto:spam@northcarolina.edu] Norma, hello and happy Monday. I indicated last week that the FAQ which accompanies Zack's memo on prioritization was to be updated. Attached is the document that will be posted today. This one is more specific than the last, but no updates here to alert you to in terms of IHEs that is different than our Friday conversation.

Thank you, Deborah

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