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LAUSD To Distribute 2 COVID-19 Test Kits To Each Student At Grab-And-Go Sites This Weekend
District officials are preparing to distribute self-test kits to its more than 600,000 students.
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — After announcing proof of a negative COVID-19 test will be required in order to return to campuses for the spring semester, Los Angeles Unified School District officials are working on distributing self-test kits to its more than 600,000 students.
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With just about a week before classes resume, LAUSD announced on Monday that all students and staff would be required to have a negative COVID-19 test, regardless of vaccination status, uploaded to the district’s Daily Pass site by Sunday. The announcement comes as the region is seeing a record surge of new infections that includes more pediatric patients.
Dr. Colleen Kraft, a pediatrician with Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, says more than 15% of kids are now testing positive – a huge jump from November, when just 2.6% were coming in positive.
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