COVID-19 Mouth rinse/Gargle sample collection kits being provided to Surrey schools

Fraser Health, BC Children’s Hospital, and the Surrey School District are working together to provide schools in Surrey with take-home COVID-19 Mouth Rinse/Gargle Sample Collection kits.

This initiative will help ensure students who become symptomatic while at school have quick access to COVID-19 testing, while preventing COVID-19 transmission in the school environment.

Beginning today, COVID-19 Mouth Rinse/Gargle Sample Collection kits will be available in all elementary and secondary schools in the Surrey School District. Each school has been provided twelve kits that will be utilized exclusively by students who are experiencing the following symptoms:

Fever

Chills

Cough or worsening of chronic cough

Difficulty breathing

Loss of sense of smell or taste

Diarrhea

Nausea and vomiting