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Pharmacists say they could help with demand for COVID-19 testing on Vancouver Island

from CHEK News

Pharmacists say they could help with demand for COVID-19 testing on Vancouver Island CHEK News According to the latest numbers from the BC Centre for Disease Control, 266 residents on Vancouver Island went to get tested for COVID-19 last Tuesday. But the system is easily overwhelmed. B.C.’s Health Minister Adrian Dix admits demand is up. “What we’re looking to do in the coming week is respond as we do to the ebb and flow of demand for testing. So you will have seen often in May in June and into July, are doing just somewhat under 2,000 tests a day. And that number has increased, the demand for testing has increased,” Dix said. READ MORE

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