January 13, 2021
More than 2,000 returning undergraduate students and employees at Campbell University have been tested for COVID-19 upon their return from winter break, and through Tuesday, the percentage of positive tests was below 1 percent, according to University officials.
The mass testing event held Jan. 10-14 on the second floor of the Oscar N. Harris Student Union was the main component of Operation Safe Return, the University’s program to ensure a safe campus as COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the state.
Of the first 1,800-plus students and staff tested (Wednesdays results are pending), 16 cases came back positive.
“The process was incredibly smooth with check-in and screening stations,” said Dr. Nicholas Pennings, chair of family medicine for the med school and director of the Campbell University Health Center. “Most of the positive results were in student who had no symptoms or just minor symptoms they didn’t think were related to COVID-19. Th