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Health-care workers expand COVID-19 testing to reduce strain on hospitals
Avis Favaro
Medical Correspondent, CTV National News
Elizabeth St. Philip
CTV News
Ben Cousins
CTVNews.ca Writer
Published Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:00PM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:49PM EDT
TORONTO -- Provincial health-care workers are expanding COVID-19 testing, administering nasal swabs in homes and opening special screening clinics -- all in an effort to keep infectious people out of hospitals and doctors’ offices.
Some paramedics in Ontario and Alberta have begun offering in-home testing as a way of reducing the risk of spreading the virus in crowded health centres...
Health-care workers expand COVID-19 testing to reduce strain on hospitals
Avis Favaro
Medical Correspondent, CTV National News
Elizabeth St. Philip
CTV News
Ben Cousins
CTVNews.ca Writer
Published Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:00PM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:49PM EDT
TORONTO -- Provincial health-care workers are expanding COVID-19 testing, administering nasal swabs in homes and opening special screening clinics -- all in an effort to keep infectious people out of hospitals and doctors’ offices.
Some paramedics in Ontario and Alberta have begun offering in-home testing as a way of reducing the risk of spreading the virus in crowded health centres...