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Screenings not enough to keep coronavirus from schools, experts say

A child returning to school this fall might go through the following morning routine: their parent checks them for COVID-19 symptoms, they take a socially distanced bus ride, and a faculty member, like a school nurse, conducts a final screening at the school entrance before letting them through the door.

As students return to class, many Central Indiana school districts have introduced routine symptom screenings into their reopening plans. But their effectiveness and feasibility in stopping the spread of COVID-19 in schools remain unclear.

Adam Karcz, director of infection prevention at IU's Riley Hospital for Children, said screenings are limited for a variety of reasons, including that the novel coronavirus shares many symptoms with common illnesses like the flu and not everyone with COVID-19 will have symptoms.

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2020/08/13/school-reopening-screenings-not-enough-stop-coronavirus-experts-say/3332143001/

 

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