“targeted” COVID-19 rapid test program for schools and child care pretty much the way the province’s chief medical officer recommended on Tuesday.Ontario’s top doctor, Dr.
Kieran Moore, revealed communities with a high prevalence of active COVID-19 cases would be the spots where the rapid test would roll out and that widespread asymptomatic surveillance testing in schools would not be supported, claiming it wouldn’t be as effective.“When you apply these tests in a low-risk setting you’ll find that you get more false positives than true positives and you’ll send people for PCR testing as a result and they’ll be off school because they have to wait for the result,” Moore said.