Rapid COVID-19 testing available at University of Southern Miss

The University of Southern Miss has added another COVID-19 testing platform to its lineup as the fall semester gets underway.

Of admin.- - the university of southern- mississippi has added another - covid-19 testing platform to it- lineup as the fall semester get- underway.

- the on-campus clinic, moffitt - health center, in hattiesburg - has - recently obtained a highly- sought-after rapid antigen- testing device, known as a- sofia2 analyzer.- this device returns specific- results in approximately 15 - minutes.- the rapid covid-19 antigen test- is a nasal swab.- the rapid test will only be use- for symptomatic patients within- the first week of their onset o- symptoms. - the campus health center will - also use the sars antibody- blood test which has a- turnaround time of one to two - days in order to diagnose past- covid-19 infection.

- - " thanks to the leadership of our - moffitt health center director- and the staff here, we've been- able to get another piece of- equipment that will help us to- rapidly test students.

And- that's incredibly important in- the mitigation of the spread of- covid-19 on our campus.

So we'l- be able to isolate- students quickly and notify the- - - - in that process.

" usm athletics also has their ow- sofia2 analyzer and - will use it for routine - - - - surveillance testing of athlete- who are