This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Ontario says it will do more testing of hospital workers and first-responders for COVID-19, while also looking for the disease among manufacturers, auto workers and staff at major retailers and food suppliers as part of a new ramped-up testing strategy.
A summary of the strategy was distributed Friday before media briefings with senior health officials and a press conference with Premier Doug Ford and the province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, David Williams.Experts have long been calling for more testing in Ontario, including more proactive testing to gauge the disease’s spread in the community.
Testing numbers appeared to dive after the province’s sweep of staff and residents in all of its stricken long-term care homes were tested in recent weeks. It was also clear that many people were simply not showing up with mild symptoms, believing that they would be turned away unless they were in high-risk group, such as healthcare workers. This week, the government broadened its testing criteria to include anyone with mild symptoms and anyone who believes they may have come in contact with an infected person.
This is great! Test more. With costs continuing to rise and layoffs in the public sector expected to come sooner than later, how will this be possible?
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