Despite vocal encouragement from political leaders and health officials both locally and provincially, CBC News has learned a small fraction of agriculture operations in Essex County have participated in on-site COVID-19 testing during the pandemic through Ontario Health. As of July 6, 19 farms have completed on-site testing, according to Ontario Health — that number remains the same two weeks later. despite the fact that five more farms were scheduled to complete on-site testing. In addition to on-site testing, workers can also get tested at assessment centres and through public health contact tracing. There's a group of migrant workers who have spiked things up a little bit, but we're working with the farmers.

Source: CBC News July 21, 2020 23:37 UTC