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  • U of I providing some optimism as campus pioneers noninvasive, quick-result COVID test

    Aug 7, 2020 11:45 am by Daily HeraldIllinois in the News
    student worker at tent set up for COVID-19 testing on the Main Quad. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • student worker at tent set up for COVID-19 testing on the Main Quad. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    Daily Herald (Aug. 6) 'It’s free, they scan their ID card, get a tube and drool a small amount of saliva into the tube,' says professor Paul Hergenrother, who helped develop test. The plan is to test everyone on campus twice a week.