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Delays to process Pap test results are being felt across much of the country. The COVID-19 pandemic played a role in creating a backlog of all kinds of screening tests — but industry insiders say the problem is made worse by ongoing long-term staffing issues in the Canadian lab sector.
A strike mandate has been approved by laboratory workers employed by Dynacare in Winnipeg and Brandon, Man. who have been in negotiations with the company since February, their union said in a news release issued Thursday.
OTTAWA — The federal government has refused to divulge how much it pays Dynacare, a private la...
OTTAWA — The federal government has refused to divulge how much it pays Dynacare, a private la...
Winnipeg Free Press By: Dylan Robertson Last Modified: 9:14 AM CST Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021 | Updates SUPPLIED PHOTO The Manitoba government only asked Dynacare to send daily COVID-19 samples to the Cadham Provincial Laboratory for variant of concern screening on Feb. 7, partially explaining the 18-day delay in reporting Manitoba's first case of the B.1.1.7 variant. (Supplied file photo) Manitoba's weeks-long lag in detecting highly contagious COVID-19 variants stemmed from a delay in asking the private lab...