An Auckland school asked to get all of its 3000 students and staff tested for Covid-19 has had over 80 per cent completed in less than a week.
Everyone at Mt Albert Grammar School was asked to get tested after two students tested positive in separate circumstances.
Associate Principal Jo Williams revealed in a statement today 2776 students and staff had so far been tested - a total of 81 per cent - since the Auckland Regional Public Health Service request on August 27.
There had been no Covid-19 transmission through the staff and students with this surveillance testing to date.
"It has been an interesting time for our school community, to say the least, and last week was a great example of 'community' in the way we responded to the request from the Auckland Regional Public Health Service to get tested," Williams said.