test students, teachers and staff for COVID-19. Some of the schools will focus on at-home testing, while others will use pooled, in-school testing approaches, the NIH said.
Both nasal and saliva tests will be used, and only children who have prior consent from a parent will be tested. "Establishing frequent COVID-19 testing protocols for schools in vulnerable and underserved communities is essential to the safe return to school effort, and these projects will inform decision makers on the best strategies to accomplish this," said Eliseo J.