While the Saskatchewan Health Authority is now offering universal COVID-19 testing, people in the province have to wait longer for a test than they did at the start of the pandemic. Those who report potential symptoms of COVID-19 are now asked to wait 48 hours before getting tested. "In early March we were still in early days of COVID-19 knowledge," said SHA media relations consultant Lisa Thomson. The health line referred him for a COVID-19 test. He is especially concerned about how those wait times will impact parents and families heading into the fall, when their children will be returning to classrooms in person.

Source: CBC News July 18, 2020 00:22 UTC