The Department of Health and Social Services, in conjunction with the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, is introducing a new COVID-19 at-home student screening program to help protect the unvaccinated NWT student population (ages 5-11).
Parents will have the option to volunteer to have their children included in the program. Each week a random sampling of 10% of classroom students will be selected for asymptomatic testing. These tests will be administered using the At Home Abbott Panbio Rapid Response test by parents or the student themselves and involves a simple swab in the lower region of the nose, which offers immediate test results.
For more information
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife Northwest Territories
Canada X1A 2L9
www.gov.nt.ca
