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UCF students return with new safety guidelines, required testing

By FOX 35 News Staff
Updated  January 11, 2021 10:20am EST
Orlando
FOX 35 Orlando

UCF students start spring semester with safety guidelines and required testing

The University of Central Florida hopes this helps prevent the spread of coronavirus on campus.

ORLANDO, Fla. - College students will head back to the University of Central Florida (UCF) on Monday with new safety guidelines in place.

Students will begin the spring semester on Monday and UCF requires students to get tested for COVID-19 before moving back onto campus. This should help prevent the spread of the virus.

In addition, UCF is reducing seating capacity in classrooms, adding hand sanitizer stations throughout campus, and disinfectant foggers are used for cleaning.

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"I just miss being able to work with classmates and have those in-person classes so I can actually focus," Cameron Wynne, a UCF student, told FOX 35. "It's definitely going to be smaller sizes. A lot of my classes will be split up so instead of Tuesdays, Thursdays, I might just be coming in on Tuesdays with half the class rather than the full class."

The university said it will also be messaging students in busy areas on campus via the UCF Mobile App to remind them to be cautious. 

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