The pooled PCR testing program can detect the virus in students before they become contagious. Author: Carly D Eon (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 11:37 PM EDT July 20, 2021 Updated: 11:37 PM EDT July 20, 2021
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine Many schools will be back in session in just six weeks, and schools across the state are taking a number of steps to keep kids safe this coming school year.
The Maine Department of Education is offering a pooled PCR testing program to any public or private school. It is a weekly program where students are grouped together and given COVID-19 tests. Each group of swabs is then placed into tubes and sent to a lab. The test results are returned within 48 hours. If a group s result comes back positive, those students are all immediately given rapid COVID-19 tests to determine who has the virus and needs to isolate.
Maine schools begin implementing pooled COVID-19 testing for students
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