Category: rapid tests

New Brunswick Ends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Most Public Service Servants

New Brunswick says its COVID-19 vaccine mandate will no longer be a condition of employment for its civil servants come March 28. The announcement Friday, however, does not include employees working at health facilities, Ambulance New Brunswick, corrections, and those who provide health care services to patients residing in homes, including personal residences, special care…


New Brunswick Ends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Most Government Employees

New Brunswick says its COVID-19 vaccine mandate will no longer be a condition of employment for civil servants come March 28. The announcement on March 18, however, does not include employees working at health facilities, Ambulance New Brunswick, corrections, and those who provide health-care services to patients residing in homes, including personal residences, special care…


Federal Government Introduces Bill to Spend up to $2.5B on Rapid Tests for Provinces

OTTAWA—The federal government introduced legislation on Monday to continue providing as many rapid tests as possible to the provinces and territories. Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos introduced the bill in the House of Commons on MPs’ first day back after a six-week break. The bill would give Health Canada the authority to purchase and distribute across…


US Procures Additional 100 Million Tests as Part of Biden’s ‘At-Home COVID-19 Tests’ Plan

The U.S. government has procured an additional 100 million COVID-19 tests via iHealth Lab Inc. as part of the Biden administration’s plan to distribute millions of free at-home tests across the country. “This effort supports the president’s plan to deliver 500 million free at-home COVID-19 tests to the nation in response to the Omicron variant,” the…