Illinois schools urged to resume COVID-19 saliva screenings in the fall – Bloomington Pantagraph

Officials with the Illinois Department of Public Health said the state has renewed an agreement with SHIELD Illinois “that offers every public school outside of Chicago the opportunity to use the University of Illinois System’s innovative, saliva-based COVID-19 testing platform at no cost for the 2022-23 school year.” Testing in Illinois is paid for with federal funds from the CARES Act, American Rescue Plan and Operation Expanded Testing.
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fed up neighbor
1 year ago

Shields developer is Pritzkers buddy as I said before he needs to be investigated as to his ties with this company.We need more money J.B help use

Last edited 1 year ago by fed up neighbor
Pat S.
1 year ago

Waste more federal resources, why dontcha?

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