Pac-12 announces groundbreaking COVID-19 testing initiative

Pac-12.com: The Pac-12 Conference announced today that it has entered into an agreement with diagnostic test leader Quidel Corporation to implement up to daily testing for COVID-19 with student-athletes across all of its campuses for all close-contact sports.

The agreement is a major step toward the safe return of sports competition in the Pac-12. The arrangement with Quidel will provide for frequent testing with rapid results, which had been one of the key concerns in the prior decision by the Pac-12 to postpone sport competition.

Pac-12 Conference announces groundbreaking testing research initiative with Quidel; Rapid-results test could speed the return of sport competitions

Pac-12 first college athletics conference to offer a conference-wide daily rapid-results testing regimen to limit spread of COVID-19 and increase the safety of sports activities by significantly decreasing the likelihood that anyone with infection will participate in sport practice or competition Testing to allow for crucial research to better track course of infection in positive cases and learn more about behavior of virus in asymptomatic cases, to benefit all communities

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