New mobile COVID-19 testing site opens today

A nurse gets a swab ready at a temporary COVID-19 test clinic in Montreal, on Friday, May 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

By Kayla Butler

Posted September 30, 2020 1:44 pm.

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WINNIPEG – Winnipegers can now be tested for the coronavirus at a new mobile testing site on Portage Avenue.

The testing site, which opened Wednesday, will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a week and will live on Portage Ave. near Wall Street for the time being.

The province says the new site will allow for additional testing capacity while drive-thru sites are set up across the city.

Once the drive-thrus are operational, the province will use public health information to determine where the mobile site will be sent.

In the event of an outbreak in smaller Manitoba communities, the mobile site can be deployed to help accommodate a spike in cases.

Three drive-thru sites will be set up in Winnipeg as well as ones in Brandon, Winkler, Portage, and Dauphin.

 

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