Ontario urged to deploy more rapid COVID-19 tests to slow pandemic's explosive 3rd wave
Ontario should immediately expand its use of rapid COVID-19 tests if it hopes to slow the pandemic’s worsening third wave, say a variety of infectious disease and testing experts.
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It's unclear how many of the province's 11 million rapid tests have been used so far
Posted: Apr 06, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 6
A woman walks by a COVID-19 assessment centre. Experts say rapid tests are urgently needed in essential workplaces and schools, which largely remain open under Ontario's new emergency brake shutdown.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)