Dr. Blondeau said the province had to restrict its testing capacity for non-COVID infections when the pandemic began. Taryn Wahl is the education co-ordinator at Planned Parenthood Regina. At the provincial level, Dr. Blondeau anticipates a slow increase in testing requests as medical providers react to the announcement. Dr. Blondeau says the province might be able to continue their normal testing without further interruptions, even if Saskatchewan experiences a serious second wave of COVID-19. This is partly because people trained to do testing for COVID can now also test for other infections.

Source: CBC News June 15, 2020 22:41 UTC