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New Brunswick father calls for faster COVID-19 testing for children

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COVID-19 testing for children in the province.Early last week, Ben Clements said that his three-year-old son Xavier was sent home from daycare for what he said were symptoms of a cold, and that he was told by the daycare that his son had to be tested for COVID-19.“We were told to call 811 and that’s when there was a huge disconnect of what had to happen after that,” Clements said. “We were really confused by the process.” 7 active coronavirus cases remain in New Brunswick as of Monday He says he spent hours trying to get through to 811 and when he finally did, “a lady answered and told us that was not the process and I needed to go online and fill out a form and at that point, someone would call us back.”That call back he says took three.

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