Line-ups could be seen at one of Ottawa s COVID-19 testing centres Saturday as people waited for a PCR test ahead of the holidays and as the Omicron variant continues spreading at blinding speed.
Ottawa Public Health is urging all residents who have any COVID-19 symptoms to assume they have contracted the virus and self-isolate as testing capacity is pushed to its limit in the face of the Omicron variant.
The Ontario government says there will be four chances to pick up free rapid antigen tests in Ottawa this coming week as it rolls out its holiday testing blitz ahead of Christmas.
Ottawa Public Health is urging all residents who have any COVID-19 symptoms to assume they have contracted the virus and self-isolate as testing capacity is pushed to its limit in the face of the Omicron variant.