Canada Coronavirus Testing

• Coronavirus cases are rising, but experts say testing doesn’t tell the full story

  While it's true that more testing will inevitably uncover more cases, 'what's happening now is not the same as what happened back in March,' said one expert.

  World

  Sep 27, 2020
  
• Canada’s coronavirus testing capacity can handle surge in demand: Tam

  As Canada's coronavirus numbers continue to rise, the country's chief public health officer said she is confident testing capacity can withstand a second wave. 

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2020
  
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• Main coronavirus test produces ‘false negatives’ at least 20% of the time, study shows

  The main type of test for the novel coronavirus around the world has a “false-negative” rate of at least 20 per cent, researchers from Johns Hopkins University found.

  Health

  Jun 10, 2020
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• Trudeau says Ottawa will help fund coronavirus contact tracing across Canada

  The federal government will fund provinces' efforts to test people for COVID-19, track the contacts of positive cases and help jurisdictions share data, the prime minister said.

  Politics

  May 22, 2020
• Coronavirus testing will be expanded after shortfalls revealed: provinces

  Provincial leaders declared they will expand their testing rules as cases and deaths continued to rise and questions persisted about the true extent of community spread.

  Canada

  Apr 8, 2020
• Ontario conducting fewer than 3,000 COVID-19 tests despite daily capacity of 13,000

  Ontario has been completing fewer tests for COVID-19 over the past week – just 2,568 reported on Tuesday – well short of the 19,000 daily tests the province targeted for mid-April.

  Health

  Apr 8, 2020
• Coronavirus: How B.C. is ‘bending’ the curve and why there’s hope for Ontario and Quebec

  B.C and Alberta are starting to show signs of reducing the spread of COVID-19, while Ontario and Quebec are continuing to see sharp increases.

  Health

  Apr 7, 2020
• Canada may be missing thousands of coronavirus cases, experts say

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

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2020