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Recent coronavirus testing has revealed 177 infections among staff and students at Los Angeles-area campuses poised to reopen, underscoring the importance of the district’s mandatory internal program, L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner said Monday.
But officials provided few contextual details, including where these cases emerged or how many tests were conducted over the period that the infections were found.
Meanwhile, some parents have had difficulty obtaining tests at 43 campus-based sites across the L.A. Unified School District, and other parents continue to object to the testing as a condition for returning to campus. While the district mandates this testing, local health authorities do not.