Kent State begins new COVID-19 testing procedures for spring semester
February 9, 2021
Kent State is offering mandatory Covid-19 testing at the Ice Arena weekly for students to take. A
fter being tested, students are expected to wait in the Ice Arena for fifteen minutes, then they will be notified of their results.
If a student’s test comes out positive, they will be directed to the COVID Response Team nurse in the Ice Arena who will arrange for an isolation room on campus.
From there, a COVID Response Team contact investigator will be in contact with you to finalize your isolation plans that include special dietary requirements.
If negative, students are expected to continue to wear a face covering, maintain six feet of physical distance and practice good hand hygiene along with the Flash Safe Seven rules.
TV2’s Grace Hare reports.