COVID-19 Testing for âEvery Student, Every Weekâ Is Goal of Quest, Ginkgo Collaboration
May 3, 2021
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Although the number of Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 rises every day, testing remains a key component to the country’s public health effort to thwart the spread of the virus. Testing is particularly important as more childrenâwho are currently ineligible for a vaccineâreturn to school for in-person learning.
Today, Ginkgo Bioworks announced a collaboration with Quest Diagnostics to provide COVID-19 testing services for every Kâ12 student in the United States, every week. This announcement comes just one month after Ginkgo announced a partnership with Helix to provide testing to Kâ12 schools across the western United States.
UPDATE Aegis Sciences Corporation announces participation in National Testing Action Plan for K-12 Schools to Safely Reopen
April 07, 2021 16:13 ET | Source: Aegis Sciences Corporation Aegis Sciences Corporation
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
The Rockefeller Foundation announced an initiative on March 26, to provide guidance on testing for K-12 public schools to enable safe in-person learning. T
he K-12 National Testing Action Program: Connecting Schools with the Nation’s Leading Testing Companies to Safely Reopen (NTAP) connects schools with laboratories and testing partners, including Aegis Sciences Corporation.
Routine testing of students, teachers and staff empowers school administrators with the knowledge they need to safely operate in-person learning. A successful testing program works to quickly identify positive cases to keep school infection rates low. Laboratory partners must return results to schools and tes