The demand for this type of testing has fallen sharply due to rising vaccination rates and the availability of at-home tests, and it will fall even further as our prevalence testing requirements change.”Īcademic Division students, faculty and staff members can still pick up free rapid antigen at-home tests at the Student Health and Wellness pharmacy and the UVA Bookstore pharmacy. “The final day for saliva testing will be Thursday, March 24. “We are also planning to phase out the University’s saliva testing program,” the email stated. Testing Requirements LiftedĪlso effective Monday, weekly COVID-19 testing will no longer be required for the small number (around 2%) of unvaccinated UVA students. “We continue to remind members of our community to treat each other with courtesy and respect as we all make our own decisions about when to wear a mask and when to go without one,” they wrote. They stressed the change does not prevent anyone from wearing a mask if they feel more comfortable doing so.
Masks will be optional in all other indoor settings, “including meeting rooms, office spaces, and research laboratories (masks will continue to be required in lab classes),” Baucom and Davis wrote. Masks will still be required in class, in UVA Health facilities and on University Transit buses. Starting Monday, masks will be optional in most cases on Grounds. The announcement is consistent with the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance. Davis wrote Friday in an e-mail message to the University community. The changes come following “encouraging trends with respect to the pandemic that we hope will allow students, faculty, and staff to enjoy the final weeks of this academic year,” Provost Ian Baucom and Chief Operating Officer J.J. On the heels of spring break, the University of Virginia announced several updates to its COVID-19 policies that will begin Monday.
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