While experts have been calling on the province to ramp up its use of rapid COVID-19 tests, the province has said that millions of these tests have been deployed. Data from the federal government, however, say the number of rapid tests used is just over 1.3 million — meaning more than 6 million tests are potentially sitting idle. "The great thing about rapid tests is that they catch people at their most infectious," he said. (Robert Short/CBC)Rapid COVID-19 tests are less reliable and more susceptible to false positives than the PCR tests, but provide results within 15 to 20 minutes. In a survey, two thirds of their members said they would consider using rapid tests to remain open.

Source: CBC News May 02, 2021 09:00 UTC