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Cabrillo Unified School District staff is ramping up coronavirus testing and detection in hopes of being able to reopen schools more widely in the weeks ahead.
District nurse Susan Vana told those on a Zoom board meeting, Thursday, that she had begun to administer a pilot testing program for staff in the last week. By then, 53 staff members had been given self-administered saliva tests in a program that uses Curative Labs as a contracted testing company.
When employees sign up for the tests, they are sent an email with a link to a video showing how it works. Subjects essentially swab regions of their mouth for 20 seconds in a procedure monitored by a trained observer. The tests are then sent to Curative for a result. Published reports say the tests can cost as much as $150 each, however they are covered by insurance, and district officials donât expect taxpayers or employees to incur any cost.