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Island Health says in a statement that the two hospital staff are receiving care, and no patients were injured or affected.

Goal is to relieve pressure on family doctors and emergency departments.

The University Health Network in Toronto has opened a 24-hour stand-alone clinic which has resulted in dramatic improvements in ambulance offload times and freed-up beds at the hospital's emergency department.

Several countries, including the U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan, and Italy, have mandated COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China.

But not all pharmacists will be able to offer the service immediately, with some requiring additional time to prepare and ramp up the necessary infrastructure.

With its platforms and modules already in use in all pharmacists in Quebec and in Shoppers Drug Mart stores across the country, the Québec firm has a solid track record of creating efficiencies in pharmacists' workflows, says president Andrée-Anne Chevalier.

Premier Danielle Smith announced the province-wide program today to free up ambulances and paramedics so they can respond to emergency calls more quickly.

Toronto pharmacist and pharmacy owner Leon Rawa 'should have known better,' wrote the Ontario College of Pharmacists.