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HL: O’Toole presses for quick COVID-19 verification after a long circle of relatives waiting
By Mia Rabson
OTTAWA – Conservative leader Erin O’Toole says the federal government is causing a COVID-19 crisis by acting more temporarily to pass immediate testing strategies already used in other countries.
O’Toole and his circle of family members were screened for COVID-19 as a component of a program for parliamentarians Thursday, after waiting several hours before being screened in Ottawa on Wednesday and having to surrender.
He criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for not testing.
“Trudeau’s liberals created this mess by refusing to pass other testing strategies, even though all of our allies have, for months, several tests, adding much faster and less invasive strategies,” O’Toole said in a written statement.
“I help the thousands of Canadian families queuing today for testing. Seven months have passed, Justin Trudeau has had to see why we don’t have access to more evidence that our allies are using. “
O’Toole, his wife Rebecca and their children Mollie and Jack are remote after an O’Toole staff member he was traveling with tested positive for COVID-19 this week.
Demand for COVID-19 checks skyrocketed this week when young people returned to school. In Ottawa, other people wait up to six hours to get the checks, if they can. Public Health is running to rent and exercise enough people to expand the check. sites, and Ottawa added 4 hours to the program of a major control site on Thursday.
Ontario Heritage Minister Lisa McLeod, representing a Ottawa at Queen’s Park, also said on Twitter that the province is helping to open 3 ephemeral test sites in the country’s capital later this week.
The United States has passed two immediate tests that can produce effects just 15 minutes after a swab is taken. They are faster and less expensive than tests used lately in Canada, called PCR tests. It can take up to 24 hours for a result to occur, to be performed in a laboratory.
Antigen controls, which are used for several other viruses such as strep throat or influenza, can be analyzed directly at the site where the check is performed. environments where immediate effects are incredibly useful.
However, they are not as accurate as PCR tests, which are considered the popular gold to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
Federal Minister of Health Patty Hajdu said Wednesday that Ottawa is reviewing programs for immediate detection devices, but will approve them until they meet Canada’s accuracy criteria.
“The problem is that generation has not accelerated to the point where we have gained an approval check that is so accurate that we believe it is prudent to let it enter the Canadian market,” he said.
This Canadian Press report was first published on September 17, 2020.
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