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Education minister criticized for low COVID-19 testing in Ontario schools
Stephen Lecce faced pointed questions from the opposition at Queen’s Park on Wednesday related to the Ontario government’s plan for asymptomatic coronavirus testing among students and educators.Capacity currently exists to process approximately 50,000 tests at schools a week, but much of that capacity remains underutilized.“The fact that they are so slow in terms of the asymptomatic testing in schools is really troubling when we know that there continue to be more and more cases in schools,” Ontario NDP education critic Marit Stiles said during question period.Right now, 24 schools in Ontario are closed due to COVID-19 and 672 currently have at least one case reported.