In response, a new report by the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, provides technical guidance to develop testing protocols to significantly reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission and protect residents, staff, and visitors, as vaccination efforts scale up. “Even with the vaccine roll out occurring for priority groups, testing will remain an important strategy for reducing risk in congregate care throughout 2021,” said report co-author Dr. Courtney Van Houtven, professor at Duke Population Health Sciences, Duke Margolis, and the Veterans Affairs Health Care System.