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DCPS requires negative COVID-19 test for students to return after winter break
DCPS requires detrimental COVID-19 take a look at for college kids to return after winter break
Officers at D.C. Public Colleges are reminding mother and father to not ship their youngsters again to class after the vacations if they’re sick.
WASHINGTON – Officers at D.C. Public Colleges are reminding mother and father to not ship their youngsters again to class after the vacations if they’re sick.
The rise in winter diseases like flu, RSV, and COVID-19 has brought about a surge in sufferers at emergency rooms throughout the nation. The rise in instances can also be making it laborious to seek out some youngsters’s medicines in some pharmacies and drug shops.
In a message on their web site, DCPS officers make it clear {that a} protected return is prime precedence. “To assist a protected return from Winter Break, all college students and employees are anticipated to offer proof of a detrimental COVID-19 take a look at,” the message says. “Households ought to take a look at their college students and add take a look at outcomes at DCPSstrong.com/testing on Monday, January 2, 2023.”
Households might want to decide up a take a look at package at their little one’s faculty between December 20 and December 22.