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The first week of spring semester classes saw fewer positive tests than during the same period in the fall as the University has ramped up testing and has put in place measures like single-occupancy dorm rooms and online classes.
Dec. 4, 2020, the day Dr. Amir Barzin first witnessed the Amplitude, was a milestone for the UNC School of Medicine assistant professor.
Barzin, who has also served as incident commander for UNC Health’s Respiratory Diagnostic Center, had been working long hours for weeks with an army of others from around campus to help build from scratch a multifaceted coronavirus testing program on the Carolina campus.
He and his colleagues had found a reliable source for highly accurate nasal-swab tests with the added advantage of not requiring users to shove them deep into the upper reaches of the nasal cavity. They had secured three on-campus sites for sample collection and were developing a system for safely moving people in and out in mere minutes. Meanwhile, more than four dozen people from Information Technology Services and the Hussman School of Journalism and Media were working out the kinks on a web-based application called HallPass to securely and efficiently manage the data flow.
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