Changes to UBC’s COVID-19 Rapid Testing Program
This message was sent to faculty, staff and students in Vancouver and the Okanagan.
February 28, 2022
A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor; Lesley Cormack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC Okanagan
In September 2021, UBC launched the COVID-19 Rapid Testing Program and since that time, over 83,000 students, faculty and staff have declared their vaccination status.
The COVID-19 Rapid Testing Program has helped to ensure that over 97 percent of students, faculty and staff are double vaccinated. This level of vaccination, along with other public health measures, has resulted in a very low incidence rate of COVID-19 cases, one of the lowest community rates observed within the province. Thank you to all those who have declared their vaccination status and participated in weekly rapid testing.
The evolution of the virus and the presence of the Omicron variant now indicates that a different public health and safety approach should be taken. In recent weeks, we have seen changes in public health guidance and the lifting of some Public Health Orders, as the wave of the Omicron variant, which now accounts for almost 100% of cases, is subsiding in BC.
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