Governor Reeves Launches Expanded COVID-19 Testing for Teachers and Telehealth in Schools

Governor Tate Reeves has launched initiatives that expand COVID-19 testing for teachers and telehealth in schools.

With many schools reopening and the desperate concern of the spread of virus, Reeves is issuing COVID-19 testing for all Mississippi teachers and emergency telehealth coverage through the Mississippi Division of Medicaid to include schools.

“First, we are expanding school-based emergency telehealth coverage throughout the state of Mississippi,” explains Governor Reeves. “This will allow schools, even those without school nurses or school-based clinics, to access telehealth services. A physician, a nurse practitioner, or physician assistant will be able to provide remote services in schools across the state.”

Teachers have three options in Mississippi when it comes to testing: Mississippi Department of Health’s Jackson site at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, community sites across the state, as well as by rotating testing teams at their home county health department.

Testing teams will rotate every two weeks at county health departments, where teachers can drive up and get tested.