Montgomery Co. planning 100-member ‘test-to-stay’ mobile unit to reduce kids in COVID-19 quarantines

Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they’re hiring 100 additional medical staff for a mobile unit that will deploy to schools around the county and administer daily rapid tests to reduce large-scale COVID-19 quarantines.

Already, about 30 testers have been hired and another 30 are expected to be onboarded by the end of next week, Montgomery County Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Earl Stoddard said during an online media briefing Wednesday.

Stoddard said county officials are meeting with Montgomery County Public Schools leaders Thursday to discuss rolling out the “test-to-stay” program, and will also brief the Maryland Department of Health on the county’s planning...

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