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U.S. health officials recently approved a coronavirus home testing kit that allows people to swab themselves for the virus.

The country's death toll from the virus now stands at 18,974.

Rapid testing, and more testing, could be key to fighting coronavirus in Canada, experts say.

With clear evidence of the pandemic curve flattening in Canada, some provinces have already begun relaxing certain lockdown restrictions, with others, including hardest hit Ontario and Quebec, set to do so on Monday.

A growing group of Canadian tech companies are thinking fast and pushing out new products and services in response to demand for help in the COVID-19 fight.

Manitoba has one of the new types of rapid novel coronavirus tests in hand, and will start validating that they work on Tuesday.

A new Canadian-made portable, rapid test for COVID-19 won't be making its way to British Columbia any time soon.

Health Canada approved a new testing kit this week as the province hopes to increase the amount of tests health care workers can complete every day.

Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu defended Health Canada's process for approving tools to fight COVID-19 on Tuesday after Premier Jason Kenney suggested Alberta may bypass its approval to take steps to respond to the pandemic.

Spartan Bioscience Inc., a small Ottawa-based company, is one solution that governments have tapped to increase testing capacity. But when will the tests arrive?

The rapid test will help Alberta Health Services conduct more efficient tests in remote and rural communities across the province.

Here's a timeline of key developments in the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada since the first presumptive case was reported on Jan. 25, 2020.

Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch checks in with The Morning Show to answer the latest coronavirus questions.

Health Canada says the product is restricted to research use only until adequate evidence of clinical performance can be provided.

Trudeau said $72.6 million of the money would go towards health services and community preparedness within the country's three territories.

People entering Canada are checked for signs of illness, but screening measures for COVID-19 at airports and borders do not include testing.

As Canada battles the novel coronavirus, companies across the country are now producing medical supplies.

Ontario had completed just 334 tests for COVID-19 per 100,000 residents trailing well behind Alberta and B.C.

As provinces limit COVID-19 testing, experts say we will miss cases and Canada may not know whether it is truly 'flattening the curve.'

Air Canada is reporting a $1.75 billion loss in its latest quarter as revenues plummeted 89 per cent as a result of the grounding of most flights due to the COVID-19 pandemic.