Albertans will learn more about expanded testing measures at Friday afternoon’s COVID-19 response update. Health Minister Tyler Shandro made the announcement at a news conference about the government’s plan to provide free non-medical masks to Albertans using fast-food drive-thru locations. “Later today, Dr.
Hinshaw, our chief medical officer of health, will be providing an update on testing for people who don’t have symptoms, an initiative that will be including to expand the availability for testing to asymptomatic Albertans.” Hinshaw, is scheduled to provide the update at 3:30 p.m.
in Edmonton. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] The news conference will be streamed live in this story post.