Alberta government-run test facilities to close by end of the month. Public-health officials no longer recommend tests for people with COVID-19 unless results are required to guide their medical care
By the end of August, Alberta's government-run testing facilities will shut down and the province will also stop testing close contacts of people with COVID-19.Alberta’s decision to end routine COVID-19 testing means that private testing will be the only option for most people who want to know if they have the virus.
As well, Deena Hinshaw has argued the end of public-health measures means the province will see an increase in respiratory illnesses such as influenza this fall, which will make it impossible to test every cough or runny nose with the available resources.There are already several options for people in Alberta to pay for a private test, although they are mostly focused on people who need test results to travel or businesses conducting employee screening.
“It will be the people who are worried, but also the people who can afford it. So that will be causing a divide – the people who have the resources and the people who don’t.” “If someone tests at home and they find out they’re COVID positive, you hope that they would do the right thing and stay at home so they’re not spreading it,” she said. “And also if someone’s exposed to COVID, you’d think that many people would want to know if they’ve had a significant contact with someone with COVID, because then they can start separating.”
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