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\n\tThe province of Ontario widened entry to free PCR COVID-19 testing final week, making eligible pregnant individuals, choose unvaccinated adults over the age of 70, and first responders.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe brand new steerage from the Ministry of Well being printed on Jan. 13 states that for the primary time in two weeks, all the above teams in addition to family contacts of important well being care and congregate care staff can now get a free PCR take a look at in the event that they present signs according to COVID-19.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe brand new steerage says that in an effort to be eligible at no cost PCR testing, adults age 70+ (or 60+ for Indigenous adults and people with \u201cfurther\u201d threat components), they need to even be thought of for some type of outpatient remedy for COVID-19, comparable to Budesonside, Fluvoxamine, or quickly, Paxlovid.<\/p>\n
\n\tOn Dec. 30, 2021, testing was restricted to the hospitalized, well being care and congregate care staff, homeless individuals, Indigenous Ontario residents, these recognized in outbreak investigations and public faculty college students in very choose circumstances.<\/p>\n
\n\tOfficers on the time stated the narrowing of entry was wanted after the testing community turned overwhelmed because of the Omicron variant, with a backlog of greater than 100,000 specimens awaiting processing across the New 12 months.<\/p>\n
\n\tSince then, testing volumes have fallen significantly.<\/p>\n
\n\tOn Monday, the province reported processing simply 38,700 checks, down from 40,000-60,000 via the earlier week.<\/p>\n
\n\tPrevious to Dec. 30, 2021, PCR testing was accessible at no cost for nearly anybody within the province who confirmed signs or had contact with a beforehand recognized case.<\/p>\n
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