Amid surging COVID-19 cases and increases in wait time for test results, students are looking to UC Berkeley to implement tighter restrictions.
Beginning Monday, all residence hall students are required to self-sequester for at least one week, according to campus spokesperson Adam Ratliff. Under current protocols, any of the 1,985 students living in the residence halls who test positive for COVID-19 must move out for a period of isolation, during which campus will coordinate cleaning, food services and other logistics.
COVID-19 testing results typically take two to three days to return but sometimes requires an additional day to show up online in the eTang portal, according to University Health Services, or UHS, spokesperson Tami Cate.