As health systems make a small dent in that group of about 700,000 people, many are prioritizing those who with the highest risk of severe illness from the virus, including African American, Latino and American Indian communities.
Employee update: Building access enforcement starts Wednesday Feb. 10 February 3, 2021
FAQs on building access
In this second week of the spring semester, we continue to be grateful for the campus community’s commitment to expanded COVID-19 testing requirements. About 51,000 people have now signed into the new Safer Badgers app, and we are averaging just over 4,800 tests per day at our campus sites. Test results are coming back faster and fewer samples are being rejected.
The employees at our testing sites and behind the scenes are working diligently to make the process as safe and easy as possible. We appreciate your patience and understanding as you interact with them. It’s a big job helping to keep campus safe during a pandemic; meet a few of these workers.