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COVID-19 testing sites set up across east central Saskatchewan

EAST CENTRAL — COVID-19 testing sites have been established in seven communities across east central Saskatchewan.
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EAST CENTRAL — COVID-19 testing sites have been established in seven communities across east central Saskatchewan.

The locations are Humboldt, Melfort, Nipawin, Tisdale, Wadena, Hudson Bay, and a joint one that serves the Red Earth and Shoal Lake First Nations.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority will not say where within these communities the testing sites are located, citing concerns about protecting patient privacy.

A spokesperson for the authority said they are asking people to first use the self-assessment tool online at saskatchewan.ca/covid19.

If, after answering the tool’s questions, it determines that you should be tested, you will need a referral from HealthLine 811 or your family physician to be directed to one of the testing sites.

The authority said the seven testing sites are only used to collect specimens.

“Once the specimen is collected at a testing site, it is transported to a laboratory COVID-19 testing location,” said the authority. “Laboratory confirmations of infection with the virus that causes COVID-19 are currently being performed at both the Royal University Hospital (RUH) Laboratory in Saskatoon and the Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory (RRPL) in Regina.”