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Last Updated Wednesday, May 12, 2021 11:38AM EDT Ontario is launching a rapid testing portal for all essential businesses to access free rapid testing kits as the province continues to tackle a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Any essential businesses with more than 150 employees are encouraged to participate in the Provincial Antigen Screening Program by registering through the new portal. Free rapid antigen screening kits will be provided to these businesses to help sc...

Author of the article: Postmedia Staff Publishing date: May 12, 2021  •  1 hour ago  •  2 minute read  •  Article content Businesses are responding in large numbers to a new workplace rapid COVID-19 testing program partnership between Ontario and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the province said Wednesday. The new program – which includes testing in workplaces through the Quinte West Chamber of Commerce – offers free testing for workers in their places of employment. We apo...

Author of the article: Postmedia Staff Publishing date: May 12, 2021  •  1 hour ago  •  2 minute read  •  Article content Businesses are responding in large numbers to a new workplace rapid COVID-19 testing program partnership between Ontario and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the province said Wednesday. The new program – which includes testing in workplaces through the Quinte West Chamber of Commerce – offers free testing for workers in their places of employment. We apo...

Rapid testing program for businesses piloted in Stratford expands to rest of Ontario A COVID-19 rapid-screening testing program for small and medium-sized businesses, first piloted in the Waterloo Region and Stratford, has been expanded to the rest of the province with more than 760,000 free test kits shipped to Ontario chambers of commerce for distribution. Author of the article: Galen Simmons Publishing date: May 07, 2021  •  23 hours ago  •  3 minute read  •  Stratford &...

The Ontario government, in partnership with the federal government and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, has launched the COVID-19 Rapid Screening Initiative for small and medium-sized businesses across the province. The COVID-19 Rapid Screening Initiative will provide free rapid antigen tests for employees of small and medium-sized businesses through participating local chambers of commerce and other organizations. The program will screen for asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 in the workplace that...

************************* The Ontario government, in partnership with the federal government and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, has launched the COVID-19 Rapid Screening Initiative for small and medium-sized businesses across the province. The COVID-19 Rapid Screening Initiative will provide free rapid antigen tests for employees of small and medium-sized businesses through participating local chambers of commerce and other organizations. The program will screen for asymptomatic cases of COVI...

Article content Free rapid antigen tests will be given to workers in small- and medium-sized businesses In Quinte West and across the province in a new COVID-19 Rapid Screening Initiative by Ontario in partnership with Ottawa and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. The tests will be provided to businesses through local chamber offices, the province said Friday to screen for “asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 in the workplace that might otherwise be missed, helping to keep workers and their families...

Stratford launches COVID-19 rapid-testing pilot program for local businesses A new pilot program is putting rapid-screening COVID-19 tests in the hands of small-business owners and their employees to help identify asymptomatic cases before they lead to workplace outbreaks. Author of the article: Galen Simmons Publishing date: Apr 22, 2021  •  1 hour ago  •  3 minute read  •  Stratford Mayor Dan Mathieson and City Centre BIA chair Rob Russell show off the rapid screening COV...

Article content The Ontario government is expanding free rapid testing for COVID-19 to small- and medium-sized workplaces. The province announced Wednesday that employees who want to self-swab for a rapid antigen point-of-care test will be able to do so voluntarily, if asymptomatic, under the supervision of a trained individual. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Province expands rapid COVID-19 testing to small businesses Back to video The rapid anti...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Over the past months, the Government of Ontario enacted multiple amendments to regulations made under the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act (the "LSCCLA"). These amendments eased certain legislative restrictions on diagnostic testing for COVID-19 and formed part of the provincial governments approach to enable rapid testing for COVID-19 in the province. The Laboratory ...