COVID-19 tests at Toronto’s Pearson airport.The Greater Toronto Airports Authority says the research will allow for widescale workplace testing.The tests should be available to all airport employees starting March 1 as well as to eligible departing travellers willing to volunteer.The study will also compare two types of tests — antigen testing and rapid polymerase chain reaction tests or PCR’s.
Coronavirus: Some travellers through Toronto Pearson airport violating Quarantine Act The federal government requires PCR tests that look for the virus’s genetic material.Antigen tests look for specific proteins from the virus.The airport authority says the study will consider how to implement rapid PCR tests in an airport setting.Ottawa is paying.