COVID-19 testing, contact tracing key to fending off second wave, experts say

By Brenna Owen/The Canadian Press
B.C. has consistently been testing at a lower level than the other four hardest-hit provinces.

Provinces hit hardest by COVID-19 have ramped up testing capacity as they plan to reopen their economies, but infectious disease experts say there will be recurring outbreaks without more robust testing, contact tracing and quarantine services across the country. A Canadian Press analysis of provincial data over a seven-week period starting in late March shows the provinces with the highest number of infections – British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia – each faced their own unique epidemics, with different positivity and mortality rates based on the number of confirmed cases.…

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