Patients in rural areas of Alberta will have to make appointments to have outpatient lab work done as Alberta Health Services continues to introduce new measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The temporary change goes into effect on Monday, May 4, and covers hospitals and urgent care centres. “AHS is limiting outpatient activity at acute care and urgent care facilities as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, many rural AHS facilities offer the only laboratory services in the community,” AHS said in a news release. “Some waiting areas in these rural lab collection sites are small and not appropriate for maintaining appropriate physical distancing.

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