WBUR: Rapid testing program planned for school outbreaks

August 24, 2020

WBUR reports as students prepare to return to school in many districts, the state is preparing for the possibility of COVID-19 outbreaks. Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday that his administration plans to roll out a rapid response testing program that can be made available to any school in the state that meets certain criteria. Boston Children’s CEO, Sandra L. Fenwick, is quoted in the story from information she shared as a panelist on a New England Council webinar yesterday discussing children and the coronavirus. Learn more from WBUR.