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The Davis campus is encouraging employees and students who remain in the area to undergo COVID-19 testing this week to avoid the rush of students who will need to be tested when they return next week.

As announced by the chancellor and provost Dec. 21, employees and students must have a negative test result BEFORE returning to the classroom or workplace Monday, Jan. 10.

The preceding week, Jan. 3-7, the first week of the quarter, has been designated for remote instruction and working from home (for most employees), to give everyone time to be tested. Note: Essential employees who continued to work in person during the 2020-21 academic year should do the same Jan. 3-7.

“Testing our entire community within just one week will put a strain on our operations, so please do not wait until January 6 or 7 to schedule your test,” Chancellor Gary S. May and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan wrote in their . “We need to work together to get this done quickly in order to keep our campus healthy.”

Nothing precludes you from getting tested now. A negative test today (Dec. 28), for example, would clear you for entry to campus facilities for 14 days, through Jan. 10. You would need to be tested again Jan. 11 and every 14 days thereafter. (The campus had planned to end its every-14-day testing requirement but decided to keep it due to the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus.)

The small percentage of students and employees who are unvaccinated, with approved exceptions, must continue to undergo testing every four days.

Testing sites include the Activities and Recreation Center (asymptomatic testing only) on campus, Healthy Davis Together and the Sacramento campus.

ARC testing kiosk

Here are the testing hours at the , through the holiday period and beyond (and no matter when you go, this week or later, ). Free parking for up to 30 minutes in in front of the ARC.

• Today, Dec. 28 — 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Wednesday, Dec. 29 — 6 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Thursday, Dec. 30 — 6 a.m.-noon
• Friday-Saturday, Dec. 31-Jan. 1 — Closed
• Regular hours resume Sunday, Jan. 2 — Seven days a week, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (with extended hours on Wednesday, 6 a.m.-6 p.m.)

Other testing sites

, a partnership between �ٺ���Ƶ and the city of Davis, welcomes �ٺ���Ƶ employees and students as walk-ins. You should identify yourself as an employee or student to have your result entered into Health-e-Messaging.

• (asymptomatic and symptomatic testing)
  • Today-Wednesday, Dec. 28-29 — 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (closed 11:15 a.m.-noon)
  • Thursday, Dec. 30 — 8-11 a.m.
  • Friday-Saturday, Dec. 31-Jan. 1 — Closed
  • Regular hours resume Sunday, Jan. 2 — Seven days a week, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (closed 11:15 a.m.-noon)
• • Today-Wednesday, Dec. 28-29 — 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.)
  • Thursday, Dec. 30 — 8-11:30 a.m.
  • Friday-Saturday, Dec. 31-Jan. 1 — Closed
  • Regular hours resume Monday, Jan. 3 — Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (closed 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.)
• • Today-Wednesday, Dec. 28-29 — 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (closed 12:15-1:30 p.m.)
  • Thursday, Dec. 30 — 8:30-11 a.m.
  • Friday-Saturday, Dec. 31-Jan. 1 — Closed
  • Regular hours resume Monday, Jan. 3 — Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (closed 12:15-1:30 p.m.)

Sacramento campus:

• Monday through Friday — 6 a.m.-2 p.m. (closed 10:30-11:30 a.m.)
• Testing now available to all �ٺ���Ƶ employees, students and employees’ family members.