coronavirus testing more accessible for residents of the city’s lower-income neighbourhoods.Ottawa’s local ACORN chapter, a group of advocates for the city’s low-income families, announced the project Wednesday in partnership with the Ottawa Hospital, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and other community health groups.
Across the world, coronavirus hits poor neighbourhoods harder. Here’s why The mobile testing clinic — a bus equipped with testing equipment, free masks, hand sanitizer and information pamphlets — will set up at 1059 Ogilvie Rd.
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.The spot, behind the Food Basics in Ogilvie North Park, was chosen because of its proximity to two Donald Street apartment towers that house a high.