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Education Minister says that tests will not be carried out on underage students without parental consent.
Faced with the threat of new variants of Sars-CoV-2, the Ministry of Education will reinforce testing, aiming to halt potential chains of transmission as quickly as possible. The reinforcement will involve rapid antigen and saliva tests, and in some cases, students will be able to self-administer the diagnostic test.
Self-testing through a saliva sample will be reserved for University of Luxembourg students and upper-level high school students. "Rapid tests conducted based on saliva collection do not require the intervention of healthcare professionals," clarified Education Minister Claude Meisch recently to RTL.
As for PCR tests from rapid antigen tests, using a nasal and/or oral swab, they will continue to be conducted in schools by the mobile teams of the Directorate of Health. Rapid tests are expected to become a reality in the school community "by mid-March," but Claude Meisch clarified that these will not be carried out on underage students without parental consent. Luxembourg has already ordered several brands of rapid tests, whose effectiveness will still need to be validated by the National Health Laboratory before entering the Luxembourg market.
News published on https://www.wort.lu/pt/luxemburgo/alunos-v-o-poder-fazer-auto-testes-a-covid-19-a-partir-de-marco-602a5b6fde135b923664eed8
