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related If the rapid tests prove to effectively screen health-care workers across the province, “there would be no reason not to do them,” Dix said Tuesday. There are currently about 57 outbreaks in long-term care, with more than 1,000 residents and 600 staff sick. “That’s why we’re doing a pilot project, to see if there’s some way that these can be added in to our layer of protections, effectively.” B.C. seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie has been calling for weeks for routine rapid-test screening of health-care workers, particularly in the Lower Mainland. She said the pilot projects are a good thing, but only a start.