COVID-19: Ontario’s top doctor suggests expanding testing for travellers amid Omicron variant
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COVID-19: Ontario’s top doctor suggests expanding testing for travellers amid Omicron variant
Description
November 29, 2021
Ontario's chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore said on Monday that PCR testing had been expanded at testing centres for people who had returned from seven southern African nations in response to the Omicron COVID-19 variant. He said with cases being reported in more countries daily, the province is suggesting to the federal government to expand testing to more travellers or target it to more countries seeing a higher proportion of Omicron cases.
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COVID-19: Ontario’s top doctor suggests expanding testing for travellers amid Omicron variant05:29 | November 29, 2021 -
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COVID-19: Ontario’s top doctor suggests expanding testing for travellers amid Omicron variant05:29 | November 29, 2021
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‘Freedom Convoy’ leaders Tamara Lich, Chris Barber sentenced 12 months house arrest, 6 months curfew00:31 | October 7, 2025
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Ontario pharmacists allowed to prescribe Paxlovid for COVID-19 treatment for free: minister00:52 | December 8, 2022
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Health Matters: Ontario urges masking, should B.C. do the same?03:49 | November 16, 2022
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COVID-19: Ontario’s top doctor suggests expanding testing for travellers amid Omicron variant
Description
November 29, 2021
Ontario's chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore said on Monday that PCR testing had been expanded at testing centres for people who had returned from seven southern African nations in response to the Omicron COVID-19 variant. He said with cases being reported in more countries daily, the province is suggesting to the federal government to expand testing to more travellers or target it to more countries seeing a higher proportion of Omicron cases.
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