'It's part of what we need to do, new normal.' Some Bay Area school districts are are working to make COVID tests available this weekend, bracing for a potential spike in cases after the winter break.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Thousands of Bay Area students are ready to return to school next week after winter break and getting tested is the first step before returning to class. Some districts are bracing for a potential spike in COVID cases and are working to make tests available this weekend.Miles Halbert is ready to go back to school in San Francisco but not until he gets a COVID test. His mom Samantha knows it's got to be done.
"I'm not necessarily happy about it, but it's part of what we need to do, new normal," said parent Samantha Higgs.San Francisco Unified is bracing for a potential surge in COVID cases, it's recommending all students and staff get tested before returning to class. Free rapid testing will be available at school district headquarters and other school sites for the next week.
"This community has really stepped forward to do what's necessary in regards to getting tested and taking care of each other," said SFUSD Superintendent Vincent Matthews."I'm going to feel safer because I know I don't have the virus," said third grader Zach Cohn.
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