Starting today, if you want a COVID-19 test, you must make an appointment at an assessment centre in the province.
Residents who have symptoms of COVID-19 must call into one of the province’s 153 assessment centres and speak to a nurse practitioner before making an appointment.
Some assessment centres also allow for online booking.
About 50 pharmacies are also offering COVID-19 tests for priority groups, including residents who are asymptomatic and have not been in contact with someone who has tested positive for the disease, but also by appointment only.
The transition to appointment-based testing is an effort to reduce long line-ups at testing centres and to reduce a backlog of samples.
For a list of testing centres, please click here.
Thank you to all of Ontario’s lab technicians for all you do to keep us safe. We know you have been working tirelessly during the pandemic. Thanks to your hard work, Ontario has processed more COVID-19 tests than every other province combined. pic.twitter.com/pkIimQAUGy
— Doug Ford (@fordnation) October 5, 2020
Ontario is taking action to manage #COVID19 testing volumes to reduce testing times & prioritize those who are at the greatest risk in order to quickly identify & #StopTheSpread of COVID-19. https://t.co/VcGLEWF92G pic.twitter.com/lfhAkkFqTl
— ONTHealth (@ONThealth) October 2, 2020
