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COVID testing

Madeline Peet. This portrait was taken in accordance with public health recommendations, taking all necessary steps to protect participants from COVID-19. (Photograph by Meghan Tansey Whitton)

Madeleine Peet: A travelling COVID tester in Nova Scotia

Before the pandemic, Madeleine Peet worked in a restaurant while on a break from post-secondary studies. Now, she’s swabbed a whole lot of schnozzes on the East Coast

Nurses administer rapid COVID-19 tests at a construction site n Toronto on Thursday, February 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Rapid tests for COVID-19 are crucial for Canada’s pandemic recovery, say experts

"If people want to keep things open, the only way to safely do that... is to do regular testing"