Maine creates pool COVID-19 testing program to help schools

Maine creates pool COVID-19 testing program to help schools more fully reopen
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Pooled COVID-19 testing is the state’s newest tool to increase full-time in-person learning for more Maine children.
The testing will be available to school districts statewide by mid-May.Sign up for our Newsletters
Students are tested in classes, cohorts or in groups. The state has partnered with Ginkgo Bioworks for the pool testing program.
Chief Commercial Officer Matthew McKnight said testing takes about 8 minutes per classroom.
“They all swab their nose, 4 seconds on each side, and then they all drop their swabs and that classroom gets tested together as a group,” McKnight said.

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