Coronavirus: Ontario deploys COVID-19 rapid tests to hospitals and hotspots | FULL

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Tuesday that the provincial government is deploying 98,000 million Abbott ID NOW and 1.2 million Panbio rapid COVID-19 tests to hospitals and rural communities to increase testing.

Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott said Ontario will receive up to 1.5 million more Panbio tests by the end of December.

The ID NOW and Panbio rapid tests can deliver results within 20 minutes and will be deployed to hotspots across the province.

Elliott said the ID NOW tests will be used in hospitals and assessment centres in rural areas, as well as in early outbreak investigations in hotspots like Toronto and Peel regions, currently under lockdowns.

Ontario reported 1,009 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 106,510.

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