The university will enforce stricter COVID-19 restrictions, which includes increased testing of students, according to a campus-wide email sent by President Jeffrey Armstrong on Thursday.
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What to expect from COVID-19 testing Winter quarter
In a campus-wide email Nov. 15, Campus Health and Wellbeing shared the updated Winter quarter testing requirements for 2021, including who is required to participate in testing requirements, testing that needs to be completed before returning to San Luis Obispo, how to sign up for testing on campus and information about continuing the daily health […]
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University adopts new COVID-19 testing methods for winter quarter
Cal Poly is adopting new COVID-19 testing methods that will help increase testing for winter quarter amid a spike in virus infections, President Jeffrey Armstrong announced Tuesday, Nov. 10. Armstrong wrote in a campus-wide email that on-campus experts created a SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Lab, which will take saliva samples rather than the “more invasive” nasal […]
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University performs over 1,000 COVID-19 tests in one day
The university’s ongoing COVID-19 testing program has performed 940 tests in the last 24 hours. Campus Health and Wellbeing has performed 244 COVID-19 tests in the last 24 hours. A total of 1,184 COVID-19 tests were performed on-campus on Tuesday. One student living on-campus and three students living off-campus tested positive for COVID-19 in the […]
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Cal Poly releases new COVID-19 testing requirements
New COVID-19 testing requirements will take effect next week, according to a Campus Health and Wellbeing email sent to students on Friday Oct. 9. Students living on campus are required to take a COVID-19 test every other week, according to the new requirements. The testing program is appointment-only and free with or without health insurance. […]
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New COVID-19 testing locations in San Luis Obispo County
This week, San Luis Obispo County opened two new COVID-19 testing locations that offer free tests by appointment only. The Paso Robles Event Center in Paso Robles and the Veterans Memorial Building in Morro Bay opened for COVID-19 testing on Monday, Oct. 5 and Tuesday, Oct.6, respectively. Free COVID-19 testing is still offered at the […]