South Korea Considering Regularly COVID Testing of Elementary School Students

It will be interesting to see what the reaction of parents will be if this proposed plan is implemented:

This image shows rapid antigen test kits. (Yonhap)

 The education ministry is considering requiring kindergarten and elementary students to take rapid COVID-19 tests at home before going to school twice a week starting next month, officials said Monday.

“We’re conducting discussions while leaving various possibilities open, including a measure to have students go to school after tests at home,” a ministry official said. 

Schools are bracing for the new semester next month amid the rapid spread of omicron, which has recently driven up the daily new COVID-19 tally to over the 50,000 level.

Yonhap

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