COVID-19 need not stay home from work, so long as they continue to test negative for the virus daily.The province has made the recommendation in an effort to safeguard hospital staffing levels as COVID-19 cases surge due to the highly contagious Omicron variant.A spokeswoman for Health Minister Christine Elliott says hospital workers who have been in contact with a positive case must take a PCR test as soon as possible, and repeat the test on Day 7.
Ontario lab staff working ‘beyond humanly possible’ to process COVID tests amid Omicron surge They must also take rapid antigen tests daily for 10 days, and can only come into work if they remain asymptomatic and if all tests come back negative.Alexandra Hilkene says those with a household.