COVID-19 tests. Officials say with the economy slowly reopening and schools now in session, the demand is increasing exponentially.“We’ve had a large demand with kids back in schools, people back to work with testing,” says Dr.
Joel Kennedy, the co-chair of COVID-19 Assessment Centres in the region.“It’s gotten to the point where wait times need to be faster for us to be able to keep up.”That breaking point being a huge demand for tests.
In fact, on Monday alone, Lakeridge says 2,000 people requested a test. Officials say in the summer, they averaged around 500 per day.Their goal is to give appointments within 24 hours, but that target has not been met in recent weeks.