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Rapid antigen tests have become Canada's primary tool to detect COVID-19 as mounting signs point toward a sixth wave, but experts warn that results should be read with caution as the spread of variants raises questions about diagnostic accuracy.

Rapid antigen tests have become Canada’s primary tool to detect COVID-19 as mounting signs point toward a sixth wave, but experts warn that results should be…

“I would really highly ­encourage businesses to up their game and say: ‘Hey, we consider ourselves an essential service, so if you’re coming into this drugstore, if you’re coming into this grocery store, we want masks on everybody.' "

Rapid antigen tests have become Canadas primary tool to detect COVID-19 as mounting signs point toward a sixth wave, but experts warn that results should be read with caution as the spread of variants raises questions about diagnostic accuracy.

As many as 10,000 Ontarians have contracted COVID-19 not once, but twice since the beginning of the pandemic. Now, as the Omicron variant makes up virtually all cases within the province, experts say it’s resulting in a higher presence of reinfection.

Ontario reported 10 net new COVID-19 deaths on Friday, as the number of patients testing positive for COVID in hospitals hit its highest point since February.

Ontario’s third largest teachers’ union is calling on the Ford government to reinstitute mandatory masking in schools, saying that it’s needed to keep schools from shutting down due to teacher absences and rising case counts among students.

Experts say rapid antigen tests are emerging as an important tool as Canadas pandemic strategy shifts from public health vigilance to an emphasis on personal responsibility.

Science moves quickly in the arms race against the ever-evolvingCOVID-19 virus. Now, a growing number of medical experts and health authorities say the way at-home COVID tests are used needs

Experts say rapid antigen tests are emerging as an important tool as Canada's pandemic strategy shifts from public health vigilance to an emphasis on personal responsibility.