In NYC and LA, returning pupils face battery of virus tests

UNDATED (AP)- The nation’s two largest school districts are rolling out ambitious and costly plans to test students and staff for the coronavirus. New York City is set to begin testing 10% to 20% of students and staff in every building monthly beginning Thursday, the same day the final wave of the district’s more than 1 million students begin returning to brick-and-mortar classrooms. Los Angeles public schools have launched a similar $150 million testing program to help determine when it will be safe for in-person instruction. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently said COVID-19 in school-age children in the U.S. began rising in early September as many returned to classrooms.