SASKATOON — Saskatchewan underestimated how many rapid antigen tests were needed during the height of the fourth wave of the COVID\u002D19 pandemic, while also…
Documents obtained under freedom of information laws show the province emailing Health Canada in September and October 2021 asking for millions more tests than were originally requested.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The province said as of last Friday, Saskatchewan has distributed over 25 million rapid tests, including 11.8 million tests directly to the public. “With your warehouse out of supplies, does that change your demand of 500,000 tests in September and 500,000 in October?” Sebastien Poirier with Health Canada asked in an email on Sept. 11.“The total of million tests arriving in September and October is forecast to meet our needs,” said an email from the province on Sept. 12.Article content
Parents were posting on social media how there weren’t enough tests for the at-home testing pilot for students. The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation issued a public call for the government to improve measures to help keep children from getting COVID-19.Article content Emails show that Health Canada employees usually redirected educational institutions back to provinces to get the COVID-19 tests and it was worried about what Saskatchewan’s demands would do to the overall supply.Article content
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