Toronto Public Health teamed up with Ontario Health and Black Creek Community Health Centre to offer testing at Christian Centre Church near Jane Street and Steeles Avenue West. Michelle Westin, senior analyst for planning, quality and risk at Black Creek Community Health Centre says it is necessary to have the clinic in a location community members are familiar with. "It's really important for us, and the organizations involved, to bring community testing out into spaces that people can access," she said. Joe Cressy, chair of the Toronto Board of Health, said accessible mobile testing is the first step towards protecting the city's most vulnerable. (CBC)Mobile testing just the first step, Cressy saysCressy says Toronto Public Health is in conversation with Ontario Health to bring more mobile clinics into neighbourhoods in the city's northwest region.

Source: CBC News July 19, 2020 00:00 UTC