to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. This is one more tool to encourage districts currently operating remotely to consider going hybrid or in-person, and for those that are hybrid that want to go in-person this is one more way they could do that, Baker said.
Baker said pool testing increases the number of people who can be tested using the same amount of lab resources, and will help schools quickly test students and staff, helping to find and isolate any cases of COVID-19. As hospitals struggle to keep up with the surge, there is a new plan from the state to help keep students safe from coronavirus.
Gov. Charlie Baker announced Friday that the state will make weekly COVID-19 pool testing available to Massachusetts schools within the next month to help bring.
Baker announces coronavirus pool testing to be made available to all Massachusetts public schools
By James Vaznis Globe Staff,Updated January 8, 2021, 1:13 p.m.
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Governor Charlie Baker unveiled plans Friday to begin wide-scale testing on students and educators in public schools across Massachusetts to detect the coronavirus, a move the governor hopes will entice more districts to reopen classrooms.
The testing program, which will kick off in about a month, will be voluntary and available to any district operating classrooms so they can routinely test students and staff. The program will be free for the first six weeks, and students and staff can decline to participate.