As COVID-19 cases rise, rapid tests being deployed in schools in Laval, Montreal hot zones
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Quebec has begun using rapid testing to detect cases of COVID-19 in 72 schools in four targeted spots in Montreal and Laval.
All four have a high number of active cases, including the Montreal neighbourhoods of Parc-Extension, Saint-Michel and Montréal-Nord, as well as Chomedey in Laval. About 20 per cent of schools in Quebec are reporting cases of COVID-19, which accounts for about 600 schools and more than 1,000 positive cases. Education Minister Jean-François Roberge said Monday the rapid tests are intended as a "complementary" measure to better understand the spread of the virus. He said the province's public health experts still believe that the standard, more widely used PCR tests are more accurate. Olivier Drouin, the founder of Covid Écoles, a crowdsourcing initiative tracking cases in schools and advocating for more preventive measures, is among those who argue the tests should be more widely deployed. "It's a step in the right direction, but it's like bringing a small extinguisher when an entire building is on fire," Drouin said.
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