'Go big or go home': Volunteers needed to put together 300,000 COVID testing kits
CBC
With Nova Scotia in the midst of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers are needed to help assemble 300,000 take-home COVID-19 testing kits over the coming weeks to deal with an expected increase in testing needs.
"Go big or go home," said Dr. Lisa Barrett, a clinician scientist and infectious disease doctor at Dalhousie University.
She said the testing supplies provided by the federal government come in bulk packaging and need to be transferred into individual kits, which is why the volunteers are needed.
Barrett said people with all skills and backgrounds can volunteer as the only requirement is being able to put supplies into plastic bags.
People can sign up online and can volunteer for anything from a few hours of assembling to as many shifts as they want. By Sunday, nearly half the shifts had been filled.
The work will take place at the Halifax Regional Centre for Education office in Burnside.
Nova Scotia is in Phase 4 of its reopening plan, with the final phase expected to come on Oct. 4. When the province reaches Phase 5, gathering limits and the requirement to wear masks and maintain physical distancing in indoor public spaces will be lifted.
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