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Opinion: The urgent need for widespread rapid testing Special to National Post © Provided by National Post A medical worker performs a COVID-19 swab test upon a woman at a rapid-testing station at the Panagia Evangelistria Greek Orthodox Church in Cyprus capital Nicosia on Jan. 29. The following open letter arguing for the adoption of widespread rapid testing in Canada was signed by 28 members of the medical and business communities. As the second wave of the pandemic continues, infection rates and hospitalizations are rising in many parts of Canada. Both lives and livelihoods are tragically being lost each day. In a response that was previously unimaginable, many Canadians were prohibited from gathering to see friends and family over the holidays, and many businesses are again forced to close in an effort to stop the spread of the virus. In Quebec, a curfew has been put in place for the first time and Ontario has now implemented an unprecedented general

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