Article content North Bay and area students could undergo testing for COVID-19 as early as next week in an effort to keep cases low in schools, according to the Near North District School Board. Education Director Craig Myles told the board in a report Tuesday evening the Minister of Education advised school boards Feb. 23 of asymptomatic targeted COVID-19 testing to support new measures to keep cases low in schools. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. North Bay students will soon undergo COVID-19 testing Back to video According to his report, the Near North board is working together with the city’s other three school boards and a vendor to implement the targeted testing in school communities.