HARTFORD, Conn — Today, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin along with school officials and city leaders announced that Hartford Public Schools will have testing available for symptomatic students. School nurses have been trained to perform the tests.
Students who have insurance will have the test be paid for by insurance. If not, then the state will cover the cost.
Officials say Hartford HealthCare and Trinity Health Of New England have agreed to collect specimens and process the tests through their existing testing operations.
Asymptomatic individuals will be offered testing through increased mobile testing events on school grounds through a partnership with federally qualified health centers, in addition to the dozen testing sites already operating in Hartford.
Mayor Bronin said Hartford has been seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases. He also said eight of the confirmed cases last week were tied back to a large gathering.
In addition, Hartford Superintendent Dr. Leslie Torres-Rodriguez and UConn School of Social Work Dean Dr. Nina Heller announced a new partnership to provide additional social-emotional and wellness support to HPS students and staff.
Superintendent Torres-Rodriguez also provided an update on schools and preparedness for responding to changes in external health conditions around COVID-19. According to Superintendent Torres-Rodriguez, there have been seven positive COVID-19 cases in the district so far this year.
