Health Canada is restricting the use of a made-in-Canada, rapid COVID-19 test created by Spartan Bioscience after the National Microbiology Lab found problems with the test that made it unreliable. According to Spartan, Health Canada's concerns stem from the efficacy of the swabs the testing unit uses — and not with the machine itself. Issue with swabsThe company was first informed by Health Canada about the concerns on Friday. She also said the clinical testing done with the Spartan cube wouldn't have affected the actual diagnoses of any patients. The $16-million purchase was conditional upon the approvals of Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the National Microbiology Laboratory, the province's ministry of health and social services said in an email.

Source: CBC News May 03, 2020 15:38 UTC