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O’Toole family tested for COVID-19 under Commons program after long Ottawa lines stymie them

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Erin O’Toole says the federal government is causing a COVID-19 disaster by not moving more quickly to approve rapid testing methods that are already in use in other countries.O’Toole and his family were tested this morning for COVID-19 through a program for MPs, after waiting for several hours to be tested in Ottawa Wednesday and having to give up.

Ottawa COVID-19 testing site opening 11.5 hours daily as pressure mounts to shorten lines O’Toole, his wife Rebecca and their children Mollie and Jack are all in isolation after an O’Toole staff member he was travelling with tested positive for COVID-19 this week.Demand for COVID-19 testing has skyrocketed this week as kids returned to school and in Ottawa some people are waiting up to six.

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