The federal government and the Ontario government recently added to that demand when both declared international air travellers must have PCR tests when they arrive in Canada.
Demand is soaring as many workplaces require on-site testing in order to stay operational. Private companies generally test people who are asymptomatic, and charge a fee for the service. Publicly administered PCR tests are free and are meant for people with symptoms of COVID-19. Anna Banerji, a physician and infectious disease specialist at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health. "Who's doing the tests? What are the standards? How do we know that they're doing it at the same sensitivity and specificity as those done in provincial labs or hospital labs?" said Dr. Whether you're a traveller getting a mandated COVID-19 test at the airport, or a worker on a job site like a film set or food processing plant that requires a negative test, odds are it's being done by a private company.īusinesses offering polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are now a crucial part of Canada's pandemic response, allowing thousands of people to continue to travel, visit loved ones in long-term care, and stay on the job.īut some doctors and health experts are concerned about what they say is a lack of regulation in what has become a rapidly growing part of the health-care industry.
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