COVID-19 at a Burnaby daycare says B.C. needs to deploy rapid testing now and to shift strategies before variants of the virus take over.Andrew Longhurst is frustrated his son’s case may also be linked to a now-infamous recent trivia night at pub Port Moody.
How rapid tests are being used to test for COVID-19 across Canada Andrew Longhurst’s 18-month old son Levi tested positive for the virus on Feb.
10, amid an outbreak at the SFU Childcare Centre.His wife tested positive about a week later, but because Longhurst remains negative he’s been told the family must isolate until at least March 7, in case he contracts the virus at the end of his wife’s infectious period.Fortunately, Levi’s symptoms appear mild, Longhurst said, but he’s still.