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UNC, Chapel Hill Leaders Discourage Gathering Ahead of UNC-Duke Game   Ahead of the UNC – Duke basketball game on Saturday, university and Chapel Hill officials are asking the campus community to abstain from Franklin Street celebrations if the Tar Heels see another win. The time-honored tradition of UNC basketball fans rushing Franklin Street was discouraged this year due to health risks from the COVID-19 pandemic, but previous warnings from officials did not stop hundreds of students and fans from gathering following UNC’s win over Duke in February. Following February’s win, UNC offi...

On Air Today: Dr. Amir Barzin Dr. Amir Barzin, who leads the Carolina Together Testing Program at UNC, joins 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell to share coronavirus testing updates. He discusses the spring semester’s data compared to the fall’s, as well as why the rushing of Franklin Street appears to not have led to spikes in COVID-19 cases.

After decreasing for three weeks in a row, Duke’s positive COVID-19 tests increased slightly in the period of time from Feb. 15 to Feb. 21. 

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 nasa...