Some U.S. colleges are taking advantage of the convenience of vending machines – supplying them with COVID-19 tests instead of snacks as the infectious omicron variant continues to spread.
This comes as the current seven-day average for new positive cases in the U.S. hit 782,766 as of Jan. 12, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
When students at the University of Utah began their Spring semester on Jan. 10, the college introduced several self-serve COVID-test vending machines alongside drop-off locations for the samples, according to a Twitter post shared by the university on Jan. 13.
