As of September 3, University Health Services has successfully completed 21,318 COVID-19 tests, including 12,329 tests of BC undergraduates, with 29 members of the BC community testing positive, including 27 undergraduates. All individuals who tested positive were immediately isolated. Of the 27 positive cases among undergraduate students, 10 are in University isolation housing and 14 are isolating at their homes. Three have recovered and are out of isolation.
Cumulative and weekly test totals are posted each morning on the Reopening BC website bc.edu/reopen.
Weekly asymptomatic surveillance testing began today and will continue throughout the semester, with an average of 1,500 tests to be conducted per week. The tests will be administered in the MAC courts in the Margot Connell Recreation Center Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Community members will be alerted by email to come in for the surveillance testing.
Boston College's Information Technology Services has created an app called the BC Community Daily Self-Health Check Tool, to enable community members to conduct daily symptoms monitoring to prevent the spread of the virus. Called BC✅, the tool asks students, faculty, and staff who are on campus this semester to go to bc.edu/check each morning and login with their Agora Portal username and password. They are asked to review and answer six symptoms-related questions by checking yes or no, before checking the Complete Self-Assessment button. Individuals will then be presented with a Cleared or Not Cleared response.
Cleared for Access Today
NOT Cleared for Access Today
Students, staff, and faculty may be asked to show the "Cleared" screen to enter a range of sites on campus, including dining halls, the Margot Connell Recreation Center, and O'Neill Library.
Anyone needing assistance in downloading the tool can call the BC Help Center at 617-552-4357 (HELP).
University Communications | September 2020