(Karen Goobie-Whalen/Facebook)A Tory MHA is calling for changes to COVID-19 testing for rotational workers after a woman — who was a wife and mother — died earlier this week without her husband by her side. Because of rules for rotational workers, Whalen is required to self-isolate and cannot immediately be with his children and other grieving relatives. PC MHA Lloyd Parrott says he wants point-of-entry COVID-19 testing for rotational workers that could speed up the time for families to reunite. Faster way needed: MHANewfoundland and Labrador requires rotational workers in places like Fort McMurray, Alta. "It was written into our guidelines when we revised them last around [for] rotational workers.

Source: CBC News November 06, 2020 09:22 UTC