Shoppers Drug Mart on Second Line will now be providing PCR testing for eligible residents
Since the assessment centre opened on March 18, 2020 in response to the pandemic, the staff have performed nearly 80,000 COVID-19 PCR swabs.Effective March 31, the COVID-19 assessment centre on Drive In Road will close. Shoppers Drug Mart on Second Line will take over PCR testing for those who are eligible.Sault Area Hospital , in partnership with Algoma Public Health and Group Health Centre, opened the COVID-19 assessment centre on March 18, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We are grateful that our healthcare partner, Shoppers Drug Mart, will now begin providing COVID-19 PCR swabbing for our community,” says Ila Watson, president and CEO of SAH. “We would like to thank Shoppers Drug Mart, our assessment centre partners, and the wonderful staff who have provided this valuable service for three years.”
Since the opening of the COVID-19 assessment, staff have performed almost 80,000 COVID-19 PCR swabs. The testing volume peaked at 7,373 tests in November 2021. The total number of tests performed in February 2023 was 355, our lowest monthly volume to date. “We are pleased to work in partnership with Sault Area Hospital and to look forward to providing COVID-19 point of care molecular testing services at our second line location,” says Mitchell Zorzit, pharmacist and owner of Shoppers Drug Mart in Sault Ste. Marie.
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