State sends millions of COVID-19 tests to schools for students, staff returning from spring break

The State of California is sending thousands and thousands of at-home COVID-19 exams to varsities as college students as college students and school return from spring break.

Greater than 14.3 million at-home exams have been distributed to varsities during the last month, as an estimated 7.2 million college students and workers return from break.

The distribution of exams is coordinated with native county schooling workplaces and is a pillar of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s SMARTER Plan, which manages stockpiles and distribution of COVID-19 testing and vaccination provides.

“California is concentrated on protecting colleges open and college students secure, and we’re not letting our guard down,” Newsom mentioned in a information launch. “We all know that COVID-19 remains to be current in our communities, however the SMARTER Plan is how we maintain individuals secure and proceed transferring the state ahead.” 

The state has additionally made obtainable thousands and thousands of face coverings obtainable to any college in want, along with the at-home exams.

The entire variety of exams distributed throughout the state is predicated off of the full variety of college students and workers in every county, the governor’s workplace mentioned.