{"id":21736,"date":"2021-06-04T00:31:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T03:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=21736"},"modified":"2021-06-04T00:31:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T03:31:54","slug":"details-to-come-soon-on-covid-19-airport-testing-says-dr-strang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=21736","title":{"rendered":"Details to come soon on COVID-19 airport testing, says Dr. Strang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX STANFIELD AIRPORT:<\/strong> Nova Scotia\u2019s top doc said further details will be forthcoming on what testing at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, set to start June 14, will look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the COVID19 press briefing on June 2, Dr. Robert Strang, the province\u2019s chief medical officer of health, answered a question from The Laker News on what testing will look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lack of testing upon one of Nova Scotia\u2019s main entry points\u2014and with many cases in wave one and two being travel-related\u2014has been a concern for many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here is video of the COVID19 briefing where we asked about Airport testing. The question begins at 1:30<\/strong>. <em>Video edited by: Dagley Media.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pat Healey from The Laker News on the NS COVID-19 Update (06-02-2021)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eI7Jsh3dFX8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Strang said details are to come on this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll have some of that (details) in the days ahead,\u201d said Dr. Strang. \u2018We\u2019re still working out some of those details whether it\u2019s testing right at the airport or a take home test.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said they\u2019re working through those details and should have something soon to announce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe briefings in the next few days will give more details as we start to roll that out,\u201d said Dr. Strang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;] HALIFAX STANFIELD AIRPORT: Nova Scotia\u2019s top doc said further details will be forthcoming on what testing at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, set to start June 14, will look like. 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