As an independent student newspaper and the paper of record for the city of Berkeley, the Daily Cal has been communicating important updates during this pandemic. Your support is essential to maintaining this coverage.
In light of COVID-19, the UC Berkeley Office of Communications and Public Affairs has started a campaign to outline behavioral expectations during the pandemic.
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UC Berkeley announced that it will be participating in a pilot of California COVID Notify, a smartphone-based COVID-19 exposure notification system built by Google and Apple Inc.
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UC Berkeley’s Innovative Genomics Institute, or IGI’s, Free Asymptomatic Saliva Test, or FAST, study for COVID-19 will end Thursday after having tested more than 4,800 people, according Jennifer Doudna, president and chair of the IGI governance board
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While many students get tested regularly at UC Berkeley’s University Health Services, or UHS, coronavirus testing facilities, some students with disabilities find it challenging to access these services.
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In the last month, UC Berkeley has seen a decrease in the proportion of the reported number of people testing positive for COVID-19 and the number of people being tested. As of Monday, the city of Berkeley has seen an overall decrease in the average number of reported cases.
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Professors from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health expressed concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic coinciding with this year’s flu season and stressed the importance of getting the flu shot soon.
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Campus officials are planning to begin a program in late October as part of an effort to introduce more in-person instructional activities.
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A COVID-19 data-reporting ratings system created by Yale University professors gave UC Berkeley’s COVID-19 dashboard an A rating on its A to F grading scale.
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UC Berkeley’s surveillance testing program is expanding COVID-19 testing and adding another testing site, according to the campus coronavirus website.
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Physical distancing measures and remote learning may be exacerbating disordered eating, as well as food insecurity, among students.
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