Ontario COVID-19 Testing

• Ontario likely won’t return to widespread COVID-19 PCR testing: health minister

  'Unless we have a rapid surge in cases, it's not anticipated that we will return to widespread PCR testing because we do have the rapid tests so conveniently available now.'

  Canada

  Mar 10, 2022
  
• PCR testing to be used in ‘limited circumstances’ when schools reopen in Ontario

  New school guidance from the Ontario government says that only certain students and teachers who show symptoms of COVID-19 will have access to PCR tests when schools reopen.

  Health

  Jan 11, 2022
  
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• Kitchener COVID-19 testing site reports about 100 no-shows daily

  A hospital in Kitchener, Ont., says about 100 people aren't showing up for their COVID-19 tests every day ever since it switched to an appointment-only system.

  Health

  Oct 9, 2020
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• Appointment based COVID-19 testing system begins in Ontario

  Premier Doug Ford has said the shift to the new system was done to prepare the province's 155 assessment centres for winter.

  Health

  Oct 6, 2020
• Communications ‘chaos’ causes confusion at Ottawa COVID-19 testing sites

  Mixed messaging throughout Ontario's health-care system is driving confusion on the ground in Ottawa, where some COVID-19 testing sites were closed Monday.

  Health

  Oct 5, 2020
• Woman waits 7 hours for COVID-19 test, calls it ‘unacceptable in a modern city like Toronto’

  "There [were] a lot of people in line who were older, elderly folk ... I would say half the line was people with small children," Toronto resident Chelsea Kennedy said.

  Health

  Sep 23, 2020
• Ontario hospital workers’ union concerned with Doug Ford’s pharmacy testing plan

  Ontario is expected in the coming days to unveil a plan to grant community pharmacies the ability to test for COVID-19 as it grapples with hours-long waits at some of the province's 148 assessment centres.

  Health

  Sep 19, 2020
• Expired samples, slow results hinder COVID-19 fight, eastern Ontario public health doctor says

  Dr. Robert Cushman, acting medical officer of health with Renfrew County and District Health Unit, says universal testing for COVID-19 has led to major problems such as expired samples and test results that take upwards of seven days to get back.

  Health

  Sep 18, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Ford says Ontario to release expanded COVID-19 testing plan next week

  Ontario completed 10,506 tests in the previous day, marking a fourth straight day it fell short of its goal of doing at least 16,000 tests per day.

  Health

  May 21, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Premier Ford vows to increase COVID-19 testing numbers

  Despite fewer than 10,000 tests being completed in each of the past three days - levels half or even a third of what was being done last week - the numbers of new cases is holding relatively steady.

  Health

  May 20, 2020