AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration announced Wednesday that pooled testing for COVID-19 in Maine schools will conclude in May, given its reduced effectiveness in limiting the spread of the highly contagious BA.2 variant and the widespread availability of free and convenient at-home tests for students and school staff.

The BA.2 variant is significantly more contagious than previous strains of the virus, lowering the likelihood of detecting, identifying and isolating an individual with COVID-19 through pooled testing before that individual has spread the virus to others.

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