{"id":70903,"date":"2022-01-12T04:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=70903"},"modified":"2022-01-11T17:48:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T21:48:48","slug":"drop-in-covid-19-screening-available-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/01_12_2022\/drop-in-covid-19-screening-available-this-week","title":{"rendered":"Drop-in COVID-19 Screening Available this Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Toledo will hold drop-in COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic faculty, staff and students later this week at Savage Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Tests will be available from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 13, and Friday, Jan. 14, and from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 15.<\/p>\n<p>No appointment is required. Tests are reserved exclusively for members of the campus community. You must have a current Rocket ID to be tested. Results from the rapid antigen tests will be available in approximately 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The screening event \u2014 which also will serve as the location for required testing of returning residential students \u2014 is only for those who are not experiencing symptoms of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty, staff and students who are sick can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utoledo.edu\/coronavirus\/keeping-campus-safe\/#covid19testing\">get tested<\/a> without an appointment at the University Health Center on Main Campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Ill individuals, or those seeking a test after a known exposure to the virus, also can schedule a COVID-19 test through The University of Toledo Medical Center by calling 419.383.4545.<\/p>\n<p>Testing appointments are also available for the general public through the <a href=\"https:\/\/lucascountyhealth.com\/covidtest\/\">Toledo-Lucas County Health Department<\/a> at the Lucas County Rec Center in Maumee.<\/p>\n<p>UToledo does not currently have at-home test kits available for distribution to faculty, staff and students.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning next week, asymptomatic faculty, staff and students who wish to be tested for COVID-19 will be able to request an appointment by using the University\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/covid19test.utoledo.edu\/\">online scheduling portal<\/a>. Next week\u2019s appointments will be posted on Tuesday, Jan. 18.<\/p>\n<p>Unvaccinated students and employees \u2014 including those who have been granted an exemption \u2014 are already required to participate in the University\u2019s surveillance COVID-19 testing process at least once per week using the same online scheduling portal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tests will be available from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 13 and Jan. 14 and from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 15 in Savage Arena. No appointment required. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":876,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/876"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70903"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70905,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70903\/revisions\/70905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}