School screening detected 25 Covid cases among 13,000 employees

The screening for covid-19 in schools carried out during the two weeks that schools were closed detected 25 positive cases among about 13,000 employees.

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School screening detected 25 Covid cases among 13,000 employees

In the parliamentary committee on Education, Science, Youth and Sports, Portugal’s Education Minister, Tiago Brandão Rodrigues, stated that among the 12,800 antigen tests carried out on teachers and non-teachers, only 25 were positive, equivalent to about 0.2%.

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