ontario significantly reduced covid-19 testing enhanced testing strategy will help stop the spread of the virus
ontario significantly reduced covid-19 testing enhanced testing strategy will help stop the spread of the virus
this testing strategy follows extensive efforts to expand ontario's lab testing capacity, which helped to quickly eliminate a backlog of approximately 10,000 people within less than two weeks.", "ontarios new long-term care guidelines have broadened the virus testing criteria, by allowing individuals with uncharacteristic symptoms related to covid-19 to be tested.", "the province is also helping to significantly expand the capacity of public health units to conduct contact tracing and case management, both of which are critical to stopping the spread of the virus, by enabling the use of volunteers, including retired nurses and medical students.", 


































"by implementing this strategy, ontario expects to double the number of tests processed each day to 8,000 by april 15, 2020 and 14,000 by april 29, 2020, at which point overall lab capacity will have been further expanded.")