SAN DIEGO (CBSLA) – Several vending machines have been set up to provide COVID-19 testing at UC San Diego, where students and employees must take regular tests if they come to study, live or work on campus.
The vending machines, which dispense self-test kits, were placed just before the start of the UC San Diego winter quarter. The machines are also accompanied by a nearby container where people can place their samples.
The machines are located at the following campus locations:
- Muir College | Restaurant Roots
- Seventh College | Next to the Parcel Center
- Nuevo East (Porton) | Outdoor gym area
- Price Center First floor in front of Burger King
- Thurgood Marshall College (lower) | Lobby TMC Residence Life
- Warren College | In front of the residence office of the residence
- Eleanor Roosevelt College | Next to the laundry
- Village at Pepper Canyon | Lodge
- South Mesa | 9126 Laundry
- A Miramar | Next to the parcel center
- Central Mesa | Next to the laundry: it will arrive in the winter of 2021
Students living on the UC property, who come to campus or any other campus property on a regular basis, must perform a daily self-assessment and undergo a free asymptomatic test twice a month. Employees who show up to work on campus must also self-project daily and take weekly tests. . Off-campus students and remote workers are not required to take regular tests, but it is also recommended that they do so.
The university has been aggressive in limiting the spread of COVID-19 with its testing regime and a wastewater sensor system that can detect the virus more quickly than typical testing.