Prognosis
Ontario Limits Testing to Vulnerable as Covid Numbers Hit Record
People line up at a Covid-19 PCR testing site at a hospital in Toronto on Dec. 29.
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Ontario will reserve publicly funded Covid-19 PCR tests to only the most vulnerable residents as Canada’s most populous province can’t keep up with record infections from the omicron variant.
Official testing will no longer be required for people who had a positive result using a rapid antigen test, Chief Medical Officer Kieran Moore said Thursday during a virtual announcement.