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New York State sends millions of covid tests to school districts
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced with her team that New York would supply six million coronavirus test kits to school districts throughout the state.
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We all agree that the kids will return to school and that there is a strong public interest in keeping them in school. We’ve been ordering tests, we’ve anticipated this day. You know, it’s our responsibility to supply as many of our districts as we possibly can so that they can supply as many kids as they possibly can with kits. So I just want to go — reiterate some of the numbers. It’s about six million tests, three million kits that will go out this week. Two million tests will be shipped directly to New York City. We want to ensure that these schools remain open. Dr. Bassett stated that most cases are not being transmitted to schools. Children are wearing their masks. We want children to be vaccinated more often, and we want them to get boosted as soon possible. We know that it is not possible to say that children are going home again.
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