TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford urged people to get tested for COVID-19 if they wanted to, while admonishing Torontonians who crowded into a popular downtown park on Saturday.
Ford said the only way to reach testing capacity in the province is for people to get tested, and said asymptomatic people will not be turned away at assessment centres during a televised address on Sunday.
The new directive for asymptomatic people to get tested is a marked change from earlier guidelines that said only people displaying symptoms are able to be tested.
Ford said the province will also unveil a new testing strategy that will focus on specific sectors next week. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] The premier