As CBC News reported earlier this month, the military itself had been testing only those troops deployed to long-term care homes who displayed symptoms of the virus. Asymptomatic military members were not proactively tested — except in cases where the long-term care homes themselves provided the screening. 3:06"CAF personnel deployed on Op LASER and assessed to be in close contact with active COVID-19 cases in [Long-Term Care Facilities] may be proactively tested based on recommendations of the local public health authority." Watch: Gen. Jonathan Vance on asymptomatic troops in long-term care homesChief of Defence Staff General Jonathan Vance says the Canadian Armed Forces now thinks some soldiers infected with COVID-19 while working in long term care homes were asymptomatic before they were deployed. 0:38Troops are now being tested before they deploy into long-term care centres to make sure they're not carrying the virus with them.

Source: CBC News June 26, 2020 20:17 UTC