Canada to ramp up Covid-19 testing and tracing, recommend digital app


Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a meeting of the special committee on the COVID-19 outbreak as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Ontario Canada May 20 2020. REUTERSBlair GableFiles

Trudeau said the federal government was already helping Ontario, the most populous province, with contact tracing and was open to do the same for the other 12 provinces and territories. — Reuters

OTTAWA: Canada will ramp up Covid-19 testing and contact tracing as it gradually lifts restrictions and is working closely with Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google on a mobile phone app to help, the prime minister said on Friday.

In his daily news conference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government was already helping Ontario, the most populous province, with contact tracing and was open to do the same for the other 12 provinces and territories.

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