COVID-19 screening program on Thursday that would provide new rapid antigen tests to employees of small- and medium-sized Barrie, Ont., businesses.The goal of the program is to identify asymptomatic COVID-19 workplace cases that may have been missed through regular screening and to help curb the spread of the virus.
Why did Canada’s two biggest COVID-19 workplace outbreaks get so big, so fast? “Chambers of commerce and boards of trade have been indispensable resources in their communities since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis,” Paul Markle, the Barrie Chamber of Commerce’s executive director, said in a statement.“Public health and the health of our economy are interdependent.