Quebec expands COVID-19 rapid testing in primary schools – Montreal
Quebec’s Well being Division stated COVID-19 speedy testing in elementary colleges will now prolong to a number of administrative areas of the province the place masking in school rooms is already necessary.
In an announcement launched late Friday, officers stated the deployment will take just a few weeks and embrace almost 1,600 colleges.
The provincial authorities got here beneath criticism from opposition events and faculty directors on the rollout of the testing program.
The province appointed Daniel Paré, head of the vaccination marketing campaign, to co-ordinate the deployment.
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The Well being Division stated colleges could have the exams and PPE wanted to make use of the exams, reserved for college students who develop COVID-19 signs through the day and coaching and protocols are being arrange.
“They’re a complementary instrument to shortly detect circumstances and additional defend college students and faculty employees and be certain that younger folks proceed to obtain their schooling at college,” the division stated.
The exams, which give a end in quarter-hour, have been utilized in 4 neighbourhoods in Montreal and Laval since Monday.
Faculties are anticipated to start utilizing the exams broadly by the top of the month, when coaching of employees to make use of the exams is full.
This comes as Quebec reported 742 new circumstances of COVID-19 on Sunday and 4 extra deaths attributed to the virus.
–with information from Alessia Maratta, International Information
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