The Australian Education Union called for testing to be introduced in schools as many COVID-19 cases go unreported. 9News
The Australian Education Union has proposed introducing testing again as it claims the government's mitigation measures in public schools are not "adequate" and the rate of infection will continue rising if there isn't an intervention.
"And that mandated isolation from the school or other educational setting is reintroduced for students or school staff who are infected with COVID. The union claims the lack of appropriate preventative measures could lead to higher cases of long COVID-19 as many "infections in schools are going unrecorded".
The union wants testing reinstated through the government providing rapid antigen tests to schools and families like there was earlier in the pandemic.Liberal MP Stuart Robert slams proposal to introduce mandatory COVID-19 testing in schools again."It is a complete brain fade by the education union," he said.
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