Antigen Testing

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THE NEW ANTIGEN testing regime in primary schools across the country begins today. 
The tests will be provided for children who are close contacts of a case in their own class
pod. 
If a parent receives a positive PCR test for their child, they are being asked to inform the
principal of the school. 
The principal will then contact the parents of the other children in their child’s pod, to give
them details of how they can order free  antigen tests for their children using a freephone
number.
If just one pod is involved, only the children in this pod will be offered antigen tests. If there
are two pods with separate confirmed cases of Covid, then parents of children in the whole
class will be contacted and provided with the information on how they can request antigen
tests. 
The children in the pod of the confirmed case can continue to attend school as long as they
have no symptoms.