Utility of a Test to Return Strategy to Identify Individuals with COVID-19 in the Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 School Setting – District of Columbia, January 2022

The highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant led to increased hospitalizations, staffing shortages, and increased school closures. To reduce spread in school-aged children during the Omicron peak, the District of Columbia implemented a test-to-return strategy in public and public charter schools after a two-week break from in-person learning.