AdvertisementNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are endorsing “test-to-stay” policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative. “Test-to-stay is an encouraging public health practice to help keep our children in school,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Friday. 3 NFL games moved due to COVID-19 outbreaksWith the announcement Friday, the CDC is saying both test-to-stay programs and quarantining approaches are both equally good options for schools. Hundreds of schools have adopted test-to-stay policies, and several states have funded statewide test-to-stay policies to prevent students from spending long stretches away from school. Researchers counted 7,511 student close contacts in schools that tried the strategy, and the secondary infection rate was 0.7%.

Source: The Guardian December 18, 2021 10:14 UTC