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Handful of Washington schools are rapid testing staff, students for COVID-19. Is it working? By Hannah Furfaro, The Seattle Times
Published: February 8, 2021, 7:53am
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Every week, about two-thirds of teachers and staff in the White River School District, south of Enumclaw, voluntarily head to the school gymnasium or commons. There, nurses with swabs in hand test them for COVID-19.
Results are ready in just 15 minutes. In the past two months, about a dozen staff and students in this district of 3,700 children have received a positive result on the rapid test. Many weeks, everyone is in the clear.
Testing is voluntary and is mostly for teachers and staff. The district initially offered tests to elementary school students but is now using them more sparingly, such as when students return from breaks.
OLYMPIA — On Dec. 24 the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on covid-19. The report shows substantial decreases in transmission that are still
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Figure 1: Re estimates for eastern (pink) and western (green) WA, with 2 standard deviation error bars. Our most recent estimates show Re has decreased in both eastern and western Washington since peaks in late October (western Washington) and early November (eastern Washington) to values at or slightly above 1 . To reduce levels of cases and hospitalizations, Re needs to drop to a value substantially below 1 for a sustained period of time.
The Washington State Department of Health Thursday released the latest
statewide situation report on COVID-19. The report shows substantial decreases in transmission that are still not enough to return the state to the lower levels of disease activity seen earlier in the fall. Based on the timing of this trend, the plateaus may be due in part to the current restrictions on gatherings and certain b
Washington educators denounce Democratic Governor Jay Inslee’s plan to reopen schools
As the coronavirus spreads like wildfire throughout the United States and along the West Coast, Washington state’s Democratic Governor Jay Inslee announced last Wednesday, “It’s time to begin getting kids back into classrooms.”
The announcement follows the reopening of schools in New York City, which has spearheaded the broader trend of cities and states controlled by the Democratic Party reopening schools as quickly as possible. In addition to Washington state, last week saw Chicago and Washington, DC, announce plans to reopen schools in January. Similar plans were implemented across the state of Oregon last month, while officials in Oakland, California, are also moving to reopen schools in January.