Students line up for COVID tests
![East Manjimup Primary School Year 1 Amelia Percival gets swabbed as part of the DETECT program on Monday. Almost 150 students and staff at the school were tested for COVID-19 in this first phase and two more rounds of testing will be held next term. See more on page 9](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B881585791Z/1593302792868_GTH2Q704Q.1-2.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
About 150 students and staff at East Manjimup Primary School this week began their participation in the Statewide DETECT program.
![East Manjimup Primary School Year 2s Braxton Bachos and Burhan Ashraf about to get tested for the first time as part of the DETECT program.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B881585791Z/1593302792868_GSH2Q704O.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
The program aims to test people from identified groups — such as schools, health care workers, retail workers and hospitality workers — who are not showing symptoms.
![Year 4 Lilly Podziuka gets swabbed on Monday morning.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B881585791Z/1593302792868_GBB2Q6V0V.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
More than 18,000 people across the State will be tested as part of the DETECT program, with the first phase finishing this week.
![Year 3 student Hayley Whild.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B881585791Z/1593302792868_GBB2Q6V13.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
To date, no cases of COVID-19 have been identified.
A total of 126 students and 20 staff were tested on Monday and yesterday at East Manjimup Primary School students as part of the first phase of testing.
![East Manjimup Primary School principal Michael Smith was one of 20 staff members to get tested as part of the COVID-19 DETECT program.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B881585791Z/1593302792868_GBB2Q6V15.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
“Those same students and staff will again be tested early in July and early in August,” principal Michael Smith said.
“The students went along fine, they were very calm.
“Most of the students, parents and staff from Year 4 to 6 will also participate in filling out a survey next term.”
The survey will ask how COVID-19 has affected people.
![Year 2 Jakeb Bennett gets swabbed.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B881585791Z/1593302792868_GBB2Q6V19.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
As part of testing this week, participants had their mouths and noses swabbed.
![East Manjimup Primary School Year 2 student Jensen Harrison follows directions as he is tested as part of the DETECT program.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B881585791Z/1593302792868_GCB2Q6V1B.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
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