UBC is launching a new COVID-19 rapid testing clinic for any students living in residence and other select groups living and working on the Vancouver campus.The clinic the first in Canada to use the Roche SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test Kit in a univer
VANCOUVER A UBC pilot project using rapid testing to screen for COVID-19 ended up detecting some positive cases in students who didn’t have symptoms. The university is now looking at continuing the project, and it’s not the only organization thinking of testing out the speedier screening technology. Just over 1,000 students on the UBC campus volunteered to get tested as part of the pilot project, which ran from Feb. 9 to April 23. UBC School of Nursing Professor Sabrina Wong said most lived in student residences, none of them were reporting symptoms, and some came back multiple times. “They came in because they were worried about testing to protect themselves, and then testing to protect others around them,” she said. “They were really trying to live up to their responsibility and accountability as citizens.”
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