Mount Sinai Seeks to Expand School Virus Testing Program
The health system, which is preparing to open a new laboratory that could process 100,000 tests a day, wants to take its program to public schools this fall.
Students at KIPP Infinity Middle School in West Harlem with tubes for collecting saliva, part of a coronavirus testing pilot program. “It’s way better than just sticking a stick up your nose,” one student said.Credit.Mount Sinai Health System
By Emily Anthes
Every week,
students at KIPP Infinity Middle School, in West Harlem, file into a large auditorium and take their places on the designated floor markings, making sure to stand six feet apart. Then they pull down their masks and fill sterile tubes with their spit.