It was a very special day for Barrie resident Betty Olafson, who celebrated her centennial on Wednesday surrounded by family and friends at the Roberta Place Retirement Lodge.
The federal government has approved an Ottawa company s made-in-Canada rapid COVID-19 test, Health Canada confirmed Saturday as the nation s top doctor warned the virus s impact on the health-care system showed no signs of abating.
The test developed by Spartan Bioscience is performed by a health-care professional and provides on-site results within an hour, a spokeswoman for the federal agency said.
Spartan bills the test as the first truly mobile, rapid PCR test for COVID-19 for the Canadian market. The Spartan system will be able to provide quality results to remote communities, industries and settings with limited lab access, helping relieve the burden on overwhelmed healthcare facilities, the company said in a news release Saturday.
(CP) TORONTO – The federal government has approved an Ottawa company’s made-in-Canada rapid COVID-19 test, Health Canada confirmed Saturday as the nation’s top doctor warned the virus’s impact on the health-care system showed no signs of abating.
The test developed by Spartan Bioscience is performed by a health-care professional and provides on-site results within an hour, a spokeswoman for the federal agency said.
Spartan bills the test as the first “truly mobile, rapid PCR test for COVID-19 for the Canadian market.”
“The Spartan system will be able to provide quality results to remote communities, industries and settings with limited lab access, helping relieve the burden on overwhelmed healthcare facilities,” the company said in a news release Saturday.
TORONTO — The federal government has approved an Ottawa company s made-in-Canada rapid COVID-19 test, Health Canada confirmed Saturday as the nation s top doctor warned the virus s impact on the . . .