+Undoctored National Hauora Coalition and Counties Manukau Health now addressing impacts from misinformation about throat swabs in schools National Hauora Coalition and Counties Manukau Health Friday 5 March 2021, 04:05 PM 1 minute to Read The National Hauora Coalition (NHC) and Counties Manukau Health raised concerns last week (25 February) about misinformation spreading across social media about COVID-19 testing in schools. That misinformation implied that schools were testing children for COVID-19 without parental consent and then removing children from school who tested positive without notification. This did not occur. NHC and Counties Manukau Health are now actively addressing the impact of that misinformation particularly on their Mana Kidz programme. This programme provides a comprehensive school based health service including rheumatic fever prevention, for 34,000 children every day.