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WATCH: Ontario reveals new COVID-19 testing strategy

Announcement comes as province attempts to perform more COVID-19 tests

Ontario is set to reveal a new phase in its COVID-19 testing strategy today at 11:30 a.m.

Dr. Vanessa Allen, Chief, Medical Microbiology, Public Health Ontario Laboratory, Matthew Anderson, President and CEO of Ontario Health, and Dr. Dirk Huyer, Chief Coroner for Ontario and Executive Lead, COVID-19 Testing Approach, will hold a technical briefing on the next phase of the province's COVID-19 testing strategy.

This comes as the province tries to perform more tests to gauge the province's phased reopening.

Ontario reported completing 17,615 tests Thursday. The province currently has a daily capacity of nearly 25,000.

Village Media will carry the livestream, so stay tuned.


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