KU using new COVID-19 screening app

KU students will have a new app on their phone allowing them in different buildings based on their health status.

41 ACTION NEWS ISWORKING TO GET YOUSAFELY BACK TO SCHOOLAND LATER THIS MONTH,THE UNIVERSITY OFKANSAS WILL WELCOMESTUDENTS BACK TO ITSLAWRENCE CAMPUS.BUT THERE WILL BE A NEWDEVICE IN BUILDINGS ANDDORMS TO HELP PROTECTTHEM AGAINSTCORONAVIRUS.FOR IT TO WORK,EVERYONE ON CAMPUSWILL HAVE TO DOWNLOADAN APP, AND BE HONESTABOUT THEIR HEALTH.BACK TO SCHOOL.

IT'S ONEOF THE BIGGESTCONCERNS IN THECOUNTRY RIGHT NOW, ANDTHAT COUNTS TOWARDCOLLEGE TOO.Andrew Foster/EmergencyManagement Coordinator, KULawrenceWe're trying to bring 20-30,000 people back ontocampus in a short amount oftime.The number one questionthat we've gotten from ourcommunity throughout thiswhole thing is, "Am I allowedto be somewhere?

Can I beon campus?"AND IN K-U'S CASE,THERE'S AN APP FOR THABrian McClendon/CVKey ProjectCEOCV is for Covid, and Key isfor the unlock on the building.CVKEY, DEVELOPED BY KUALUM AND FORMERGOOGLE VP BRIANMCCLENDON, IS MEANT TOTAKE THE GUESSWORKOUT OF NAVIGATINGCAMPUS.STUDENTS, FACULTY ANDSTAFF, DOWNLOAD THEAPP, AND WILL BE ASKEDTO TAKE THE DAILY HEALTHASSESSMENT QUIZ."and if you pass all of thosequestions, you're able to sayyou're in a blue status."Brian McClendon/CVKey ProjectCEOThe ipad scans to verify thatyour QR Code shows youhave status to go in, but itdoesn't even log the scan.

Allit really does is keep a count,so it has an accurate count ofhow many people it scanninto the building."IF STUDENTS DON'T GET ABLUE, OR FULLY PASSING,DESIGNATION, IT DOESN'TMEAN THEY ARE STUCK.THERE ARE LOWERDESIGNATIONS THATWOULD STILL ALLOWSOMEONE TO GET FOODFOR EXAMPLE.THE APP IS ALREADY INUSE FOR THE FEW PEOPLEON CAMPUS, INCLUDINGGRADUATE RESEARCHERKATIE CHILDERS.Katie Childers/KU grad studentIt's definitely made it morecomfortable to be here.""I can see a lot of peoplebeing willing to trade a fewseconds of checking in withyourself everyday, to get bato some kind of normalcy."Taylor Hemness"Now, depending on whichacademic building you'retalking about on the KUcampus, and the time of day,there might be a lot of peopletrying to get in at one time toget to class.

That shouldn't bea problem because thesekiosks, are pretty quick."Andrew Foster/EmergencyManagement Coordinator, KULawrenceWe can see numbers ofpeople that scan on one kioskat a time.

So if we see onekiosk that's seeing absurdlyhigh numbers, we'll deployanother kiosk to that site.Brian McClendon/CVKey ProjectCEOWe have a narrow windowwhere any of this matters,hopefully.End of next year, we hopeeverybody is vaccinated to thepoint where we don't have todo much of this anymore.BUT, RIGHT NOW, SAFETYIS PARAMOUNT.MCCLENDON SAYS THE KUCOMMUNITY DESPERATELYWANTS CAMPUS TO OPEN,AND STAY OPEN, AND HE'SCONFIDENT THIS NEWLEVEL OF PROTECTIONNATSWILL BE WELCOME.THE UNIVERSITY SAYSANYONE WISHING TOENTER A BUILDING OCAMPUS THIS FALL WILLNEED TO USE THE APP, ORA PAPER HEALTHASSESMENT IF THEY DON'TWANT TO USE THEIR CELLPHONE.MCCLENDON SAYSTHEY'RE ALREADYWORKING ON A FEATUREFOR THE IPAD KIOSKSTHAT WOULD SCAN TO SEEIF A PERSON IS WEARING AFACE