COVID-19 tests available for local students returning home

Journal Staff Lambton Public Health has expanded its COVID-19 testing to include post-secondary students returning home for the holidays from centres outside Sarnia-Lambton.

Journal Staff

Lambton Public Health has expanded its COVID-19 testing to include post-secondary students returning home for the holidays from centres outside Sarnia-Lambton.

Testing began this week and will be offered until mid-January at school testing centres. The goal is to help reduce the risk of transmission while providing returning students with access to timely results.

Appointments can be made by calling 519-383-8331 (toll free 1-800-667-1839), or online at app.getcorigan.ca where you can register and choose from available times.

Those booking a test are asked to have the following information ready: OHIP number; name of primary care provider; current symptoms, if any; and history of contact with other known or suspected COVID-19-positive person.