COVID-19 Town Hall announcement
Last Thursday, President Tony Chan announced the organization of a virtual COVID-19 town hall, bringing together Health, Safety & Environment, Community Life, Human Resources and KAUST Health, and community members.
The town hall will allow the administration to share thoughts and plans with the community and answer questions. Information about vaccines and testing, as well as getting back to some kind of normal workplace over the coming months will be shared, among other topics.
Please submit your questions in relation to the pandemic, we will make sure that they are addressed at the town hall meeting.
The date, time and link to take part in the town hall will be shared in due time.
February 28 COVID-19 update
As of February 28 at 8:15 a.m., no positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at KAUST since the last bulletin (published on February 21, 2021).
For the most up-to-date information, please check the KAUST COVID-19 Dashboard
The 14-day positivity rate* at KAUST is 0.1% as of February 28, 2021.
We’d like to thank all community members for practicing physical distancing, the wearing of face coverings, hand washing and adherence to the Keeping KAUST Safe guidelines.
If you have symptoms, please stay home and call KAUST Health at 012 808 0940.
* Positivity rate = % of positive tests returned from the total number of tests taken during a 14-day period. Excludes where the result is still pending or the swab was rejected.
See the most up-to-date information about KAUST COVID-19 cases anytime by clicking on the button below or visiting – hse.kaust.edu.sa
Where to turn when you need to know
- Facilities Management – 012 (808) 0959 or email FCHelpdesk@kaust.edu.sa
- Human Resources – 012 (808) 2055 or email HRHelpdesk@kaust.edu.sa
- Health, Safety & Environment – visit the website
- Graduate Affairs – 012 (808) 3412 or schelpdesk@kaust.edu.sa
- KAUST Health – 012 (808) 0940 or visit the KAUST Health website
- Wellness services – visit the Health, Safety and Environment website
