Sask. premier wants Ottawa to send 1 million rapid COVID-19 tests a month
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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said the province has asked the federal government for one million rapid COVID-19 tests per month.
"I believe our standing request to the federal government is for a million rapid tests each and every month and then to distribute those out to schools or to businesses and make them available to the broader public as well," Moe said in a COVID update Thursday.
Moe spoke with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sept. 29 about securing more tests, among other requests, to help deal with the province's dire COVID-19 situation.
The federal government has bought over 40 million tests to give to provinces and territories.
Andrew MacKendrick, spokesperson for federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu, told CBC News that Ottawa can provide more tests, but noted Saskatchewan still has hundreds of thousands of unused tests.
As of Sept. 3, Saskatchewan had received 1,865,696 rapid antigen tests, according to the federal government's latest records. Only 309,130 of the more than 1.8 million tests received (16.5 per cent) have been reported as "used" to Health Canada.
"There is still a significant supply, as far as we're aware, of what is available in Saskatchewan," MacKendrick said. "But obviously we'll continue to provide more if more is asked for and needed."
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