COVID-19: Manitoba’s rapid test devices expected to speed up testing in remote areas A handful of remote communities received rapid test devices for COVID-19, where transportation and weather issues were more likely to slow results.Swan River, The Pas, Churchill, Thompson, Lynn Lake, Gillam and Flin Flon all got some of the Abbott ID NOW testing devices, as per public health advice.Two of the 13 devices were sent to Winnipeg’s St.
Boniface Hospital to help manage an outbreak there, while one was kept by Manitoba officials to learn how the tests can be used most effectively.The province had supplies for 4,000 tests at the beginning of November.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]A few weeks later,.