If you are a student returning to campus at any point this semester and you have not tested positive for COVID-19 since Oct. 16, it’s time to make an appointment to get a COVID-19 test. How do you do that?
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Vice President for Student Success Kirsten Turner sent the following email to all students on Monday, January 11.
Dear Students,
As we look toward the start of the spring semester, the health and safety of you and the entire UK campus remain our top priorities.
As in the fall,
we will kick off the semester with required COVID-19 entry testing for all students who are enrolled in the spring semester and physically coming to campus at any point during the semester and who have not tested positive in the 90 days leading up to Jan. 14 (on or following Oct. 16), per CDC guidance. Here are the details on required student entry testing:
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 17, 2020) A new University of Kentucky study provides direct evidence for a testing strategy that could be used to support a shortened period of quarantine for university students who are exposed to the virus but are asymptomatic. The study is now available on the preprint server medRxiv and is pending journal review.
Working with UK Health Corps, researchers in the study enrolled 101 asymptomatic students in quarantine following COVID-19 exposure, and 90 students completed surveys and testing. Nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 were given to the students on days three or four, five, seven, 10 and 14 of their quarantine.
Of the 90, 14 (16%) had at least one positive test while in quarantine, but no eligible students received an initial positive test on day 10 or 14. In this study, all eligible students who developed a COVID-19 infection were positive by day seven post-exposure.