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Australia’s schools should continue Covid testing students indefinitely, expert says
Localised rapid antigen testing in schools could be important for controlling outbreaks even after the initial four-week period
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Rapid antigen surveillance testing in schools should remain in place beyond the initial one-month period but could be then used in a more localised way, according to epidemiologists.
In Victoria and New South Wales, where the school year commenced this week, governments are urging primary and secondary school students and staff to use at-home rapid antigen tests twice a week for the first four weeks of term in an effort to slow the spread of Covid.
Read the original article at The Guardian