Some Ontario workplaces offer rapid tests for their employees, and children in publicly funded schools are being sent home for the December break with a kit of five rapid tests each.
A petition demanding free rapid antigen tests for all residents has garnered thousands of signatures and doctors and pharmacists are pushing for more tests on Twitter.
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said that while two doses may not be protective enough to prevent infection, lab tests showed a booster increased by 25-fold people's levels of virus-fighting antibodies.
Acting chief medical officer of health Dr. Catherine Elliott says that the two people with the newest variant of concern have "mild illness'' and are recovering at home.
The COVID-19 Science Advisory Table says public health measures and increased vaccination are needed to reduce virus transmission as cases rise in most public health units.
