Ursinus College issued the following announcement.
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A few students stood in a socially distanced line inside the Ursinus College field house, waiting to get their weekly coronavirus test as required by the small liberal arts school in Montgomery County.
“I thought getting tested every week was going to be a hassle, but it’s actually not as bad as I thought,” Kayla Ruiz said Tuesday, after getting her throat swabbed by a worker in gown, mask, and shield. “It takes less than five minutes and the results are really worth it so that we all know just how safe everything is on campus.”
It was the third test Ruiz, 20, a junior from Bristol, had taken since arriving for the fall semester. Students also were required to get tested before they arrived.
JESSICA GRIFFIN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERFreshman Victoria Flint speaks to a health care professional before taking a COVID-19 test at Ursinus College on Tuesday.
Ursinus has adopted one of the most aggressive testing policies of area colleges as it tries to keep the virus off its campus, nestled in the 5,500-resident borough of Collegeville. All 1,180 students living on campus will be tested weekly through the semester, and faculty and staff on campus for at least four hours a week are getting tested every other week.
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