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Students who didn’t get tested for Covid-19 prior to returning to UNCW were asked to report to the Burney Center, where a long line had formed Tuesday of students seeking rapid tests. (Port City Daily/Preston Lennon)
WILMINGTON Hundreds of students waited outside the UNCW Burney Center Tuesday, wrapped in a line that spanned multiple blocks. They were all on standby for a Covid-19 rapid test that would allow them to move into residence halls and attend on-campus classes.
In a parking lot on the edge of campus, other students with negative Covid-19 test results already in tow were ferried through a checkpoint. After showing printed test results to staff, the students were given a green wristband to wear until Jan. 22 that verifies they tested negative for the virus.
UNCW operations were scuffed last semester when dorms were thinned out in response to rising Covid-19 cases. This semester, university leaders hope a robust re-entry testing program will allow for consistency as students flock back to campus. (Port City Daily/Preston Lennon)
WILMINGTON â Students from N.C. and elsewhere will converge on UNCW this weekend as the university ramps up for its spring semester, the second time college students in Wilmington will return to campus amid the pandemic.
New precautions will be in place that were nonexistent in the fall, most notably, re-entry testing, which asks all students enrolled in on-campus classes to present a negative Covid-19 test after arriving. Students who donât show up with a negative test on paper will be given a rapid test onsite.