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Health director lays out school testing and tracing plan as commissioners press for staff
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Health director Paul Myers told the Alachua County Commission that testing turnarounds are generally 24–48 hours and that rapid response teams will test classroom contacts; commissioners pressed for more hiring and suggested using CARES funds for signing bonuses to recruit nurses and contact tracers.
Paul Myers, director of the Alachua County Health Department, told the commission the department sees laboratory turnaround times typically between 24 and 48 hours and that, with those results, contact tracers can begin outreach quickly. "We're getting those back right now about 36 hours," Myers said, adding LabCorp and the state lab have improved capacity.
Myers described a two‑tiered approach for schools. For kindergarten through grade 5, a single confirmed case would be isolated and the…
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