Exactly what is in short supply — and how short those supplies run — varies from province to province and possibly from week to week. Initially, most cases across Canada were travel-related, so travellers and their close contacts were prioritized for testing in the hopes that COVID-19 could be contained in the way SARS was. Members of the RCMP are seen at a COVID-19 testing area in Burnaby, B.C., on April 1. Health-care workers and others who work in health-care settings are getting increasingly important, said Bauer. Health-care workers are now prioritized for testing in many parts of Canada.

Source: CBC News April 04, 2020 08:00 UTC