Thousands of UArizona students, staff turn to app and program to stay safe from COVID-19

The University of Arizona uses lots of different tools to try and curb the spread of COVID-19 among its community, and now officials say some of those tools are really helping.

HE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HASLOTS OF DIFFERENT TOOLS IN ITSTOOLBOX TO PREVENT THE SPREADOF COVID-19 NAT (CAR DRIVINGBY AMONG THOSE TOOLS ARE THECOVID WATCH APP AND WILDCATWELLCHECK THE FIRST IS AN APPTHAT NOTIFIES YOU IF YOU'VEBEEN EXPOSED TO COVID-19 THESECOND, A PROGRAM FOR STUDENTSAND STAFF TO ASSESS THEIRHEALTH, EVERYDAY 2:13-2:26 -"YOU GET A TEXT MESSAGE WITH ALINK, YOU CLICK ON THAT LINK,IT TAKES YOU TO A MOBILEWEBSITE THAT KIND OF JUSTTAKES YOU THROUGH BRIEFQUESTIONS THAT ASSESS YOURTEMPERATURE YOUR SYMPTOMS ANDWHETHER YOU PLAN ON BEING ONCAMPUS FOR THAT DAY." THE TWOHAVE BEEN IN USE FROM THEMOMENT STUDENTS AND STAFF INESSENTIAL COURSES RETURNED TOCAMPUS SO FAR - UNIVERSITYOFFICIALS SAY ABOUT 67-HUNDREDSTUDENTS AND STAFF HAVEENROLLED IN THE WILDCATWELLCHECK PROGRAM - WITH LESSTHAN HALF CHECKING USING IT TOCHECK THEIR HEALTH EVERYSINGLE DAY 1:41-1:47 -"TYPICALLY WE'RE AVERAGINGABOUT 3,000 PEOPLE DOING THEWELLCHECK VERY MORNING BEFORETHEY COME TO CAMPUS." JOANNAMASEL - WHO IS PART OF THETEAM WORKING ON THE COVIDWATCH APP - SAYS ITS BEENDOWNLOAD MORE THAN 18-THOUSANDTIMES - HOWEVER - WHO ITS BEENDOWNLOADED (BY IS UNKNOWN8:09-8:28 - "THE APP ISCOMPLETELY ANONYMOUS, SO WEDON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.THEY COULD BE PEOPLE STAYINGHOME ALL THE TIME AND AREN'TON CAMPUS MUCH, THAT COULD BEPEOPLE WHO ARE JUST CURIOUS,REPORTERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OFTHE COUNTRY, BUT MOSTLY IT ISPEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENT ON THECAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY."MASEL SAYS UNIVERSITYOFFICIALS DO KNOW ITS WORKINGON CAMPUS BECAUSE SOME OFTHOSE WHO'VE TESTED POSITIVEFOR COVID HAVE REPORTED USINGTHE APP 10:22-10:40 - "I CANCONFIRM THAT QUITE A NUMBER OFTHESE CASES ARE USING THE APPAND THEY HAVE REPORTED THEIRSTATUS USING THE APP AND THATOTHER PEOPLE HAVE GOTTENNOTIFIED.

WE KNOW THAT BECAUSEPEOPLE SHOW UP AT CAMPUSHEALTH AND SAY HER THE APPNOTIFIED ME, I'D LIKE TOSCHEDULE A TEST." (LL TAG)STUDENTS AND STAFF AREENCOURAGED TO USE BOTH WILDCATWELLCHECK (AND THE COVID WATCHAPP IF THEY GO TO CAMPUS FORAN ESSENTIAL IN- PERSON CLASS(OR LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR THEUNIVERSITY.

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