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<span style="color:black">Dear Campus Community,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">As you may be aware, Governor Newsom signed an executive order to end the state of emergency<span style="color:red">
</span>related to COVID in California on February 28, 2023. As a result, the campus will be ending on-site COVID-19 PCR testing at the Student Success Center and Bear Cave locations. The last day testing will be available is Friday, February 24, 2023.<span style="font-size:12.0pt"> While
UCR will no longer provide PCR testing on campus, you may contact your primary provider or find another PCR testing source at <a href="https://myturn.ca.gov/testing.html"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://myturn.ca.gov/testing.html</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Our priority remains the health and safety of our campus community, and we are committed to providing the necessary resources to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The campus will continue to make available
antigen test kits to faculty, staff and students using <a href="https://campusreturn.ucr.edu/testing-requirements"><span style="color:#0563C1">the antigen kit request form</span></a>. We encourage you to test when you have symptoms or had an exposure, before
and after travel or attending events. Reporting positive cases of COVID-19 <span style="color:#242424">through the <a href="https://campusreturn.ucr.edu/covid-screening-check"><span style="color:#0563C1">Screening Check</span></a> is still required.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We will provide updates and instructions as conditions evolve.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sheila Hedayati<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Environmental Health and Safety<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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