COVID-19 testing in schools.Dr. David Williams says the tests will allow for greater surveillance of the virus and will help students return to in-person learning across the province.Schools in several regions of southern Ontario — including the Greater Toronto Area — have been entirely online since the beginning of January.Williams has said the province hopes to open them by Feb.
10 but says today that rapid testing may not be available by that date. Ontario modelling shows coronavirus cases declining, but variant poses ‘significant threat’ He says he wants the testing to be convenient for parents, unlike the long lineups seen at COVID-19 testing centres last fall.Ontario has been reopening its schools at staggered intervals over the.