Effective Dec. 31, publicly funded PCR tests will only be available to high-risk persons who are symptomatic or are at risk of severe illness from COVID-19. This includes workers, residents, and others in the highest-risk settings such as hospitals, long-term care, retirement homes, and congregate living settings.

Moore said most people with a positive result from a rapid antigen test will no longer be required or encouraged to get a confirmatory PCR or rapid molecular test and that testing for asymptomatic individuals will no longer be conducted.

Moore attributed the changes to the provincial public health system’s lack of capacity to test everyone amid the increasing cases.

In addition, he advised individuals who have symptoms of COVID-19 but don’t meet the new eligibility for PCR testing, or have access to antigen tests, to assume that they have contracted the virus and isolate themselves based on the latest guidelines. The new guidelines reduce the isolation period from 10 days to five days for fully vaccinated adults and children under 12. This also applies to their immediate household contacts. 

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