Health & Safety
Quarantine Policies for Students Arriving or Returning On- or Off-Campus
Quarantine Policies for Students Arriving or Returning On- or Off-Campus
All students, except those who are fully vaccinated, arriving or returning from outside of Massachusetts must quarantine. Students who are fully vaccinated may access campus following a single negative PCR test.
Our instructions are bit stricter than the current guidance from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as the Harvard campus, like other university campuses, is a “congregate setting”—a location in which many individuals from various geographies convene for sustained periods to work, learn, and live. As such, the campus is especially prone to outbreaks of COVID-19 soon after an influx of new or returning community members. Our goal is to reduce the chances of an outbreak of COVID-19 in our community.