{"id":101273,"date":"2022-01-14T11:58:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T17:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=101273"},"modified":"2022-01-19T11:16:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T17:16:34","slug":"testing-masking-requirements-remain-in-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/testing-masking-requirements-remain-in-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing, masking requirements remain in place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UWM\u2019s\u00a0policy\u00a0on testing and mask-wearing remains in place. Unvaccinated students and employees are required to get tested weekly for COVID-19.\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/quq5dd\/yonpphbf\/qu697g\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/quq5dd\/yonpphbf\/qu697g\" data-name=\"Masks are required\" data-type=\"url\">Masks are required<\/a>\u00a0in all indoor spaces on all UWM campuses.<\/p>\n<h4>Testing<\/h4>\n<p>It is highly recommended that those who are required to test weekly use the free antigen testing available on each UWM campus. Vaccinated individuals also are encouraged to take advantage of on-campus testing.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/quq5dd\/yonpphbf\/6m797g\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/quq5dd\/yonpphbf\/6m797g\" data-name=\"Testing is provided\" data-type=\"url\">Testing is provided<\/a>\u00a0by appointment 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Milwaukee campus, and one day a week at UWM at Washington County and UWM at Waukesha. In addition, a special testing session will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 23, at the UWM Student Union.<\/p>\n<p>All students and employees must make an appointment for testing at\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/quq5dd\/yonpphbf\/mf897g\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/quq5dd\/yonpphbf\/mf897g\" data-name=\"uwmke.vivi.healthcare\" data-type=\"url\">uwmke.vivi.healthcare<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unvaccinated students and employees who get tested off campus\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/quq5dd\/yonpphbf\/27897g\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/quq5dd\/yonpphbf\/27897g\" data-name=\"must file proof each week with this testing exception form\" data-type=\"url\">must file proof each week with this testing exception form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Masks<\/h4>\n<p>Wearing a well-fitting mask is essential to protecting your health. UWM strongly recommends that students and employees wear surgical-style masks or N95 respirator masks while on campus for the best protection from the highly transmissible omicron variant.<\/p>\n<p>UWM will have surgical-style masks (blue) available for free in each building on campus, as well as N95 respirator masks. More details are coming soon on how to acquire them.\u00a0This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GzTAZDsNBe0\">short video shows how to best fit a blue, surgical-style mask<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UWM\u2019s\u00a0policy\u00a0on testing and mask-wearing remains in place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40008,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[336],"tags":[],"section":[],"display_categories":[],"related-coverage":[],"uwmnews-feed":[],"class_list":["post-101273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Testing, masking requirements remain in 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