At a September 23, 2020 Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said the federal government will ship millions of COVID-19 tests on a weekly basis to help schools stay open. However, that testing should be part of a multi-pronged approach to limit spread of the disease, including hygiene, social distancing, wearing masks and limiting time in public as is feasible.
At theĀ same hearing, Robert Redfield, director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), stated that young adults continue to play a role as major contributors to the spread of the coronavirus, but they are unlikely to get seriously sick from the virus.Ā
Click hereĀ to view video of the hearing.