COVID Testing Encouraged for Students Leaving for Break

Posted on Nov. 5, 2020

UNC is encouraging students living on campus this semester and those living in the Chapel Hill area to get themselves tested for COVID-19 before leaving town for the winter break.

Campus Health will extend its hours at the Carolina Union for free asymptomatic testing during the week of Nov. 16. Test results are expected within one to two days, and students are asked to plan to be able to get results before they travel.

While those who are asymptomatic and are not considered a close contact to a positive individual can get tested, those with symptoms and positive close contacts should contact Campus Health separately to get tested.

Students also are being encouraged to plan to reduce their exposure risk for the 14 days prior to returning home for the break.

The fall semester will end when exams are finished Nov. 24, two days before Thanksgiving. The spring semester is set to start Jan. 19.

About 1,500 students with special circumstances have remained in on-campus housing this fall. On-campus rates of COVID-19 infection by mid-October were negligible.

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