UC San Diego places COVID-19 test kits in vending machines throughout campus

close Video FDA approves first rapid at-home coronavirus diagnostic test Fox News correspondent Kristin Fisher has the details and a vaccine rollout update on ‘Special Report’ The University of California San Diego campus has launched a “Return to Learn” campaign that includes nearly a dozen vending machines placed around campus that offer self-administered COVID-19 test kits. Additional machines are planned and administrators hope that in addition to health care provider-administered tests, the one-stop shops help students meet the campus’ testing requirements. The 1,000 students living on campus are required to be tested at least once a week, with no more than nine days between two tests, and testing is available free to students. They can acquire the test from the vending machine with a simple swipe of a student ID card. They then perform the test and return it to an on-campus lab within 72 hours. “They’re an amazing innovation, simple, effective and impactful,” UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla told Reuters. STATES CAN EXPAND COVID-19 VACCINATIONS TO BROADER GROUPS TO USE SUPPLY, AZAR SAYS As part of the university’s “Return to Learn” campaign, employees who have been working remotely will continue to do so through May 31, and there… Read full this story

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