Ontario COVID 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
  
• Ontario seeks to expand use of rapid COVID tests in shifting pandemic strategy

  The government is sending millions of rapid antigen tests to schools and recent comments from the chief medical officer of health suggest shifting testing priorities.

  Canada

  Feb 2, 2022
  
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• Rapid test or medical note OK for COVID workplace claims in Ontario during Omicron: WSIB

  Ontarians who suspect they caught COVID-19 at work can make claims with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board even without a positive result from a PCR test.

  Health

  Jan 28, 2022
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• 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
• Parents pull children out of Ontario daycares due to COVID testing changes

  As COVID-19 cases soar and testing is limited to high-risk groups, which so far doesn't include child-care centres, families are pulling their children out of daycare.

  Health

  Jan 7, 2022
• Critics call on Ontario to allow COVID tests for daycare children, resume reporting cases

  Opposition politicians want the Ontario government to make COVID-19 testing available to children attending daycare and resume the reporting of cases in child care centres.

  Health

  Jan 4, 2022
• What we know so far about Ontario’s changes to its COVID-19 pandemic response

  Ontario announced a slew of changes to testing and isolation guidelines in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic as the Omicron variant continues to rip through the province.

  Health

  Jan 1, 2022
• Ontario changes PCR COVID testing eligibility, isolation reduced for fully vaccinated to 5 days

  Ontario is changing criteria around who is eligible to get a PCR test to detect COVID-19, and has shortened isolation times for those with symptoms who are fully vaccinated.

  Health

  Dec 30, 2021
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• True number of Ontario COVID cases likely much higher than what’s being reported, experts say

  "Public health units are losing the ability to test everyone who has symptoms that are consistent with Omicron."

  Canada

  Dec 23, 2021
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• Ontario lab staff working ‘beyond humanly possible’ to process COVID tests amid Omicron surge

  The head of an association representing Ontario lab workers says its staff are putting in long hours and being asked to cancel vacation plans to handle a huge surge in COVID tests.

  Health

  Dec 22, 2021