COVID-19 test pilot project has turned up positive for the virus.The airport launched the project, which is in partnership with WestJet, UBC and Providence Healthcare, at the end of November.In the six weeks since, it says more than 300 people have opted to try the rapid testing.
Rapid COVID-19 testing trialed at Vancouver International Airport According to interim results released Friday, covering 200 people who flew between Nov.
23 and Dec. 17, 100 per cent of participants tested negative.Those rapid antigen tests were later confirmed by RT-PCR tests in a lab setting to ensure there were no false negatives, the airport said.“The interim results show promise that transmissible infection in airline passengers departing from YVR is likely.