By THE PROXY REPORT STAFF
Western Illinois University is requiring all students, faculty and staff that are physically on campus to complete a COVID-19 test upon return to campus regardless of vaccination status, according to a message from the University.
Testing will be held on the Macomb and Quad Cities campuses. The schedule is as follows:
WIU-Macomb, Student Recreation Center MAC Gym (south gym)
- 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Thursday, March 21-24
- INFO: Macomb faculty, staff and students are being asked to schedule in advance for an appointment, go to bit.ly/WIUCOVID19Testing.
WIU-Quad Cities, Riverfront Hall reception desk
- 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday; 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday & Thursday; and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, March 21-25
- INFO: Faculty, staff and students on WIU’s Quad Cities campus can receive a test at the Riverfront Hall reception desk.
More information includes, individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 90 days do not need to participate in gateway testing and should submit their documentation (if they did not test positive through the University Testing Center) to studentcovidhelp@wiu.edu, according to WIU.
Also, WIU stated that individuals can elect to conduct a gateway test off campus, however, the test must be a PCR-based test to be equivalent to the test modality provided at the on-campus testing clinics. Once results are received, the results can be sent to the Off-Campus COVID-19 Test Results Portal. To be compliant for the previous week, test results must be received by 11:59 p.m. Sunday evenings.
