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Sachem Schools To Distribute State At-Home COVID Tests This Week

There will be kits available Thursday and Friday at six pickup locations; the tests are voluntary, and one per child will be given.

Sachem Central District will distribute at-home COVID-19 tests to families this week.
Sachem Central District will distribute at-home COVID-19 tests to families this week. (David Allen/Patch)

HOLTSVILLE, NY—As part of New York State's distribution of at-home COVID-19 tests for students, Sachem Central District received an allotment of kits. The testing is designed to help keep districts open.

The district will distribute the kits to families on a voluntary basis on Thursday and Friday Jan. 6 and 7. One test per student will be allowed.

The pick-up sites will be at Chippewa Elementary, Grundy Ave. Elementary, Hiawatha Elementary, Merrimac Elementary, Nokomis Elementary and Waverly Elementary schools from 4 to 7 p.m.

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