Some Valley schools part of rapid self-COVID test program
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) A pilot program to test for COVID-19 is helping several local schools reopen with confidence and help prevent outbreaks on campus.
This as more school districts across the state work to reopen and get teachers and support staff vaccinated, there is now a push underway to regularly test employees and students for COVID-19. We see that rapid COVID testing is an incredible resource to helping get schools open, said California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond.
McSwain Elementary in Merced County is already using rapid self-testing for COVID. Staff members and students with parental permission are tested twice a week through a pilot program that s funded by the California Endowment.