Gov. Jared Polis wants to pay Colorado students to get regularly tested for COVID-19

Colorado K-12 students mightiness soon person a small much inducement to get tested regularly for COVID-19.

Gov. Jared Polis told Denver7 the authorities is moving connected a program to wage students a currency inducement if they enactment successful surveillance testing. The extremity is to regularly trial asymptomatic students for COVID-19, successful hopes of reducing the dispersed of the microorganism successful schools. Polis said surveillance investigating would beryllium 1 portion of a program to support schools harmless and open.

“So, it’s not similar you conscionable bash regular investigating and hide astir everything else, but on with ventilation and disguise wearing and grounds screening, investigating tin beryllium portion of making schools among the safest places to be,” Polis said.

Unlike galore colleges which person mandated vaccines, K-12 schools successful Colorado are not requiring students to beryllium vaccinated, and students nether 12 are not yet eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. As schoolhouse resumes this month, and amid rising cases of the delta variant, there’s interest that Colorado schools whitethorn spot outbreaks akin to what’s happened successful different states.

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