Providence Care says a resident that originally tested positive for the novel coronavirus has since tested negative twice for the virus.
According to KFL&A Public Health, the resident had a “weak positive” on their initial test. Neither Providence Care nor KFL&A Public Health has yet defined what a weak positive is.
Providence Care said it was unsure, while public health said it was working on offering a definition of the term. “Screening tests for any disease are designed to have a low threshold for a positive result so that all cases of the disease are detected and no cases are missed,” Dr.
Kieran Moore, medical officer of health for the region, said in a Providence Care news release. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest